Chapter 8 - My Father Had Secretly Protected Claire for Twelve Years, and His Last Letter Revealed He Had Planned the End of His Own Empire Before He DiedMy father had known.
He knew Lorenzo was dangerous.
He knew Claire was alive.
He secretly protected her.
He had arranged safe houses.
Money.
Documents.
The final trust.
Everything.
But he had trusted Beatrice to reveal the truth only when I was ready.
I hated him for the secrecy.
Then I understood.
He knew I would have gone to war too early.
He wanted me to choose differently.
I did.
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The criminal empire ended.
The family survived.
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Chapter 9 - Nora Asked Me Whether She Was Really My Niece, and I Gave Her the Answer My Family Had Hidden From Her Since BirthI told Nora everything.
Chapter 10 - The Moretti Family Held Its First Peaceful Dinner in Twelve Years, and Beatrice Finally Sat at the Table Instead of Standing Behind ItWe had dinner.
Chapter 11 - Nora Turned the Fortune She Inherited Into a Foundation for Hungry Children, and the Maid Who Was Once Accused of Theft Became Its First DirectorNora chose to help children.
Chapter 12 - Lorenzo’s Final Appeal Revealed One Last Hidden Account, and I Used It to Prove My Father Had Been Trying to Save More Than Just Our FamilyA hidden account surfaced.
Chapter 13 - Twelve Years After Claire’s Funeral, She Returned to Her Family’s Grave and Finally Told My Father’s Memory What He Had SavedClaire stood before the grave.
Chapter 14 - I Asked Beatrice to Stop Calling Herself a Maid, and Her Answer Finally Made Me Understand Why I Could No Longer Imagine My Life Without HerI found Beatrice in the garden.
