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"What if I talked to them? After all they do know I got you out of the whole Veto thing." Dante asked her. He thought about telling her about his financial situation. He could trust her enough to know without telling anyone. He considered her his sister. "Well. Alex's mom sued the city for wrongful death. They did not come right away to the scene since it was another "gang violence" case. She received a lot of money out of it. Three million to be exact. She knew how close I was to Alex. She knew that I tried to save him, and that my mom and I were struggling to pay bills." Dante took a deep breath. "She ended up giving me a some of it. Why? I do not know. I didn't even want it. But since I was still young and mothers know best, she invested most of it. Turns out she knew what she was doing. I get money every month from the investments and I still have the sum from Alex's mother. I hate it. That's why I dress the way I do. I hate people with money and I don't want to be one of them." Dante walked around the car and was looking at it. He was admiring it. While doing this he continued to talk. "Yeah. So it's covered." He hoped that Aria would be reluctant and let him talk to her parents. He would hate to live alone because he knew what would happen. Nothing would ever change with him. There would be more partying, which meant more trouble for him. He thought that if Aria would live with him, he would be put in check somewhat, so it would teach him a lesson.

Aria made a face but she just sighed in the end.

"If you think you can convince them, be my guest."
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Trisha hopped down from the counter and walked a circle around Daren for a minute.

"You look like her type." she smiled.

Daren's entire face was red when she said this, and he ran a hand through his hair nervously. "Uh, thanks?" It sounded like a question, because he wasn't sure if that was a compliment or not. When he turned to the window and saw both Aria and Dante coming into the shop, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was ready to get away from Trisha.

Victoria looked around the whole apartment, especially in the cat's favorite hiding places. She came up empty, and she began to worry. Where was he?

Dante browsed the store for cds before coming to the counter. He had a few in hand, as he went to Trisha's checkout line. He placed them on the counter and made small talk with her. "Hey. How's the store?" Dante looked around and it looked the same as usual. A few customers here and there browsing through the endless supply of music. Aria probably didn't even need to be there.

Dante leaned his side on the counter. He looked at her and back out at the car. "Investments. So...the store looks like it's going to be slow today. Not many customers have been through that door since I've been here." Dante casually said as he took out his money for the cds.

Dante looked at Trisha with a slight nervous smile. "Am I really that easy to read? But yeah...I am going somewhere with this." Dante looked at Aria and back at Trisha. He wasn't sure how to ask her, or even what he was going to ask her, so he was just blunt about it. "What will it take to get Aria the day off? Seeing as the store is slow and I kinda need her help today." He was blunt about it. Beating around the bush would get him nowhere if he tried.

Dante smiled. Trisha always had tricks up her sleeve. "Seems legit." Dante took out his wallet again. He took out a check and wrote it out to her. "Sorry I don't have any more cash on me." He handed her a check and the cds. He didn't want them anyway. He hated the bands and already had too many. "You can keep those."

Dante laughed as he turned around. He grabbed Daren by the shoulder. "You're coming too. But if you ******** up my car, I'm killin you." Dante told the kid as he pushed him forward. Dante walked out to his car and unlocked the doors. He pushed his front seat forward so Daren could get inside. He walked over to Aria's side of the car and opened the door for her.