Chapter 8 - My Dead Mother Was Alive—And She Finally Told Me Why My Husband Had Been Watching the Moretti FamilyMy mother wasn't dead.
She had been hiding.
Alessandro found her in a small village outside Milan.
When I saw her, I couldn't breathe.
“Mom?”
She cried.
I ran into her arms.
For five minutes, neither of us spoke.
Then she told me the truth.
My father had been a banker.
He had discovered money laundering connected to the Black Serpent.
He had tried to expose it.
They killed him.
My mother escaped.
Daniel later found her.
He promised to protect me.
He had been working against the organization for years.
“But why didn't you tell me?”
“Because they were watching you.”
“Who?”
She looked at Alessandro.
“The second traitor.”
“Who?”
She whispered:
“Don Ricci.”
The oldest boss.
The most respected.
The man everyone trusted.
Alessandro went silent.
“No.”
My mother nodded.
“He recruited Vivian.”
“Why?”
“To destroy the Moretti family from within.”
Alessandro looked toward the window.
“Then why didn't he kill me?”
“Because he wanted your empire.”
My mother handed me an envelope.
Inside was a final photograph.
Ricci.
Vivian.
And another person.
A young woman.
I stared.
I knew her.
She worked in Villa Moretti's kitchen.
Her name was Sofia.
My mother's voice trembled.
May you like
“She is Ricci's daughter.”
Everything suddenly made sense.
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