Chapter 10 - The Matriarch Who Built the Moretti Empire Wanted Me as Her Final HeirElena Moretti lived in a private estate outside Rome.
She was ninety.
Sharp.
Healthy.
Untouchable.
When we arrived, she smiled.
“You finally came.”
Lorenzo stared.
“You built the organization.”
“Yes.”
“You destroyed our family.”
“No.”
“I built it.”
“Same thing.”
She looked at me.
“And you are the girl who decoded my legacy.”
“I don't want it.”
She laughed.
“Everyone wants power.”
“I don't.”
“Then you're dangerous.”
She revealed the truth.
The Moretti fortune had been built decades earlier.
Shipping.
Construction.
Political influence.
Illegal trade.
But the money had been hidden.
The empire was only a front.
The real fortune was in trusts.
And the person who inherited control?
Me.
Because my father had secretly transferred the rights to me.
I stared.
“Why me?”
“Because you're the last person who can dismantle it.”
“What?”
She smiled.
“Your father understood the only way to destroy the network was to give the key to someone who didn't want it.”
That person was me.
I had the legal authority to dismantle everything.
Lorenzo looked at me.
“Then do it.”
I nodded.
We returned to Chicago.
I activated the trust.
Every criminal asset was frozen.
Every hidden account was opened.
Every victim was compensated.
The old Moretti empire vanished.
The Matriarch was arrested.
For the first time, the Moretti name belonged to no one.
Except history.
Daniel watched the news.
“Dad.”
“Yes?”
“Are we poor?”
Lorenzo laughed.
“No.”
“Are we rich?”
“Enough.”
“Are we safe?”
Lorenzo looked at me.
“Yes.”
Daniel smiled.
“Good.”
The three of us sat together.
A family.
No empire.
May you like
No fear.
Just us.
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