Chapter 7 - The Entire Moretti Family Stood Around Me in the Mausoleum—And I Realized the Ledger Wasn't Their Biggest SecretMy mother looked at me.
“Give me the book.”
I shook my head.
“This ends tonight.”
She laughed.
“You don't control anything.”
I looked at Marco.
He raised his weapon toward her.
She stared.
“You wouldn't.”
“I already did enough.”
Thomas moved.
Victor stopped him.
“No.”
My mother's face hardened.
“You all think you can walk away.”
She pointed toward the ledger.
“You have no idea what happens if that becomes public.”
I said:
“That's the point.”
She looked at me.
“You'll destroy the family.”
“No.”
“I'll lose everything.”
“You already lost it.”
She lowered her gun.
For a moment, I thought she might surrender.
Then she shot Marco.
He fell.
I rushed forward.
Victor tackled me behind the stone.
“Down!”
Police sirens sounded outside.
My mother stared toward the door.
“How?”
I looked at Victor.
He smiled faintly.
“Because I finally chose the right side.”
The police stormed in.
My mother was arrested.
Thomas surrendered.
Marco survived.
The ledger was secured.
The VHS tapes became evidence.
The network collapsed.
But the trial took two years.
Two brutal years.
People testified.
Families came forward.
Names became headlines.
The Moretti empire became a national scandal.
I cooperated fully.
I turned over everything.
And I helped dismantle the organization my family had built.
The world changed.
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My family changed.
So did I.
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