Chapter 7 - Marello Was Shot Protecting Leo, and While He Fought to Stay Alive, I Found the Evidence His Father Had Hidden for Seven YearsMarello was wounded.
Not fatally.
But enough to frighten Leo.
“Papa?”
Marello opened his eyes.
“I'm okay.”
“You have blood.”
“It's not mine.”
Leo frowned.
“Yes it is.”
Marello smiled.
“Smart boy.”
The doctor treated him.
While he recovered, I opened the archive his father had left.
Inside:
Photos.
Contracts.
Recordings.
Payment records.
And one video.
Marello's father appeared.
He spoke directly to his son.
“Trust Elena.”
I cried.
He continued:
“She will run.”
“She will lie.”
“She will disappear.”
“But she will do it because she is protecting your child.”
Marello watched the video from the hospital bed.
His eyes filled with tears.
“I should have known.”
“You were manipulated.”
“I still hurt her.”
I touched his hand.
“We were both victims.”
He looked at me.
“No.”
He shook his head.
“You were a mother protecting her son.”
“And you?”
“I was a fool protecting an empire.”
The distinction mattered.
He had changed.
Then the recording revealed something else.
Marello's father had evidence against Vittorio.
Enough to destroy him.
But it needed to be authenticated.
Leo's trust documents were the key.
The wedding could not happen.
The empire had to be dissolved.
We had a final plan.
Expose everything publicly.
Then let the authorities take over.
Marello agreed.
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But Vittorio learned about the plan.
And attacked before we could finish.
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