The Don's babygirl.
Instead, they drove to the waterfront, to a building site Julia had passed dozens of times without really seeing.
"What is this?" she asked as Massimo led her past security into a skeleton of steel and concrete. "My next project. Mixed-use development—retail on the ground floor, offices above, residential at the top." Massimo guided her through the construction site with the confidence of ownership. "I'm building an empire, Julia. Legitimate businesses that will outlive the whispers and allegations. This is my legacy." They took a construction elevator to the top floor, where the city sprawled below them, glittering and alive. "Why are you showing me this?" Julia asked.