Chapter 9 - Victor Kidnapped Leo and Left Me One Message—“Come Alone or the Boy Dies”Victor took Leo.
I received a photograph.
My nephew was tied to a chair.
Maya screamed when she saw it.
“Leo!”
I promised her.
“I'll bring him home.”
Adrian Moretti didn't exist anymore.
The feared mafia boss didn't exist.
There was only an uncle.
A man going to save his family.
I went to the warehouse alone.
Victor expected me.
“You should have stayed out of this.”
I walked toward him.
“You took my nephew.”
“He saw too much.”
“You're going to prison.”
Victor laughed.
“You think the law can stop me?”
I looked at him.
“No.”
Then the lights turned on.
FBI agents surrounded the building.
Dante had followed me.
Victor reached for his gun.
He never got the chance.
He was arrested.
Leo was safe.
I ran to him.
He wrapped his arms around my neck.
“I knew you'd come.”
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I held him.
“I promised.”
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Chapter 10 - Leo Asked Me If I Was Still His Uncle—And My Answer Changed the Rest of Our LivesAfter everything, the children stayed with me.
Chapter 11 - Rebecca Returned to Court to Testify—And Her Confession Finally Cleared My Brother's NameRebecca testified.
Chapter 12 - I Sold the Empire My Father Built and Used the Money to Give Leo and Maya the Childhood Ethan Wanted for ThemI sold everything.
Chapter 13 - Three Months Later, Leo Took My Hand at Ethan's Memorial and Said Something That Finally Let Me GrieveWe held a private memorial.
Chapter 14 - On Leo's Seventh Birthday, He Gave Me a Drawing That Proved Ethan Had Finally Been Right About MeLeo turned seven.
Chapter 15 - My Brother Asked Me to Keep His Children Out of My World—So I Destroyed That World and Built Them a Better OneThree years ago, my brother died.
