The Nepotism Hire

Aria shut the heavy oak door of her bedroom, shutting out her mother's stunned silence downstairs. The quiet of her room washed over her, a welcome relief from the suffocating tension of the family dinner. She tossed her leather purse onto the armchair and walked toward her vanity. Before she could even unhook her pearl earrings, her phone screen lit up on the mattress.

A sharp ping broke the sil