Chapter 6 - I Cornered My Uncle With My Son in His Arms—Then He Told Me My Wife Had Never Intended to Let Me Raise LeoSalvatore stood in the underground tunnel.
Leo was in his arms.
My entire body went cold.
“Put him down.”
Salvatore smiled.
“You always were dramatic.”
“You have three seconds.”
“Or what?”
I raised my gun.
“Two.”
He looked at Leo.
“Your son is the reason everything went wrong.”
“Put him down.”
“One.”
Salvatore sighed.
“You really think Isabella wanted you to raise him?”
I froze.
“What?”
“She left instructions.”
“Liar.”
“She knew what you were.”
I stepped forward.
“She knew I loved her.”
“She knew you were becoming your father.”
I shook my head.
“No.”
“She wanted Leo away from you.”
I couldn't breathe.
Then Salvatore handed me a letter.
Isabella's handwriting.
I read it.
If Lorenzo cannot leave the organization, take Leo away.
My heart shattered.
Salvatore smiled.
“You see?”
I looked at the letter.
Then Clara shouted:
“It's incomplete!”
She had found another page.
The second page changed everything.
But I know Lorenzo can change.
If he chooses our son over the empire, give Leo back to him.
I looked at Salvatore.
He knew he had lost.
He pulled Leo closer.
“Then choose.”
“Choose what?”
“Your empire.”
I stared.
“You can't have both.”
I lowered my gun.
“I choose my son.”
Salvatore smiled.
Then he fired.
The bullet struck the wall beside me.
Marcus returned fire.
Salvatore fled.
Leo was safe.
But the final piece of the puzzle had been revealed.
Salvatore wasn't trying to inherit the empire.
He wanted to destroy it.
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And he wanted me to become the monster everyone expected me to be.
I refused.
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