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After the Don Chose Her Child, I Vanished With His True Heir Chapter 10
I did not wait for a second shot.My bullet tore through Bianca's gun wrist. She screamed and dropped to her knees as the weapon skidded away.I ran to Niccolo and pulled him from Matteo's arms."Mommy, there's so much blood.""Don't look."I covered my son's eyes.I did not cover my own.Matteo lay on his side, breathing so faintly I could barely see it. The bullet had entered beneath his shoulder blade, far too close to his heart.Enzo grabbed the death file from the table and backed toward the rear exit."Stay back, or I'll burn it!"Dante laughed."You are holding a copy."Headlights came on around the warehouse.The elders Enzo had summoned to witness Matteo surrendering his power walked inside. Every word spoken that night had been transmitted to them by a recorder hidden in the folder.At last, Enzo lost his composure.He drew his gun and aimed at me.I was faster.My first shot struck his shoulder.The second tore through his gun hand.I walked to him and pressed the muzzle aga
After the Don Chose Her Child, I Vanished With His True Heir Chapter 9
The exchange would take place at East River Pier Seven.The property I had just taken from the Morettis.At midnight, a single light burned inside an abandoned warehouse. Niccolo was tied to a chair, blood at the corner of his mouth. When he saw me, he did not cry."Mommy, I didn't tell them where the file is."My heart clenched."You did very well. Close your eyes. Mommy is taking you home."Bianca stood behind him with a gun pressed to his shoulder.Enzo sat on a wooden crate. Three documents lay before him.The deed transferring Pier Seven. The ownership rights to the death file. And Matteo's resignation as Don."One child in exchange for the entire Moretti empire." He smiled. "A fair trade."Matteo stepped forward."Release him first.""Sign first.""Matteo." I looked at him. "We have other options.""I made you wait once already."He did not look at me.He picked up the pen and signed his name on each of the three documents.The nib made almost no sound as it crossed the paper.Ye
After the Don Chose Her Child, I Vanished With His True Heir Chapter 8
Matteo read the second report three times.Then he looked up at the director of Saint Anne's Hospital."Who handled the first sample?"Sweat gathered across the director's forehead."It went through the laboratory's standard procedure-"Matteo drew his gun and laid it across the report."Answer again."The director's knees struck his chair."Miss Rossi's physician. He said the council wanted the test expedited, and he carried a seal from your office."Every eye turned toward Bianca.She stepped back."He's lying.""He has not finished," I said.I pushed the death file toward Dante.Inside was a payment record from three years earlier. The recipient was Bianca's private physician. The payment had been made the day before Salvatore's funeral.The same doctor had signed her prenatal paternity report and her miscarriage certificate.Dante spread several more medical records across the table."The ultrasound belonged to another patient of Bianca's doctor. The number on the blood report belo
After the Don Chose Her Child, I Vanished With His True Heir Chapter 7
Three years ago, a forged paternity report destroyed my marriage.Now Matteo wanted to use another one to decide who my child belonged to."Dante, watch Nico for me."I placed my son in his arms.Dante lowered his voice. "Do you need me in there?""No."I looked at Matteo."This time, I can walk out by myself."The study door closed behind us.Matteo locked it."Where did you go?" he asked."That is none of your concern.""Three years." He came toward me. "I buried a coffin I was too afraid to open. I sent men to search the ruins of the funeral home every day. I looked for you for three years, and now you tell me it is none of my concern?""Yes.""Why didn't you come back?"I studied his face."What would you have had me return for? To watch you marry her? Or to wait while you decided which of the two babies deserved to live?""I didn't know she was lying.""But you knew I was pregnant."He fell silent.The fire returned between us.I had put the report in his hand and told him I was c
After the Don Chose Her Child, I Vanished With His True Heir Chapter 6
Matteo stepped forward.Dante moved between us at the same moment.Along both walls, guards reached inside their jackets.The room tightened around us."Enough." An old man's voice came from the rear of the crowd.Enzo Moretti walked forward with his cane.Three years ago, he had sat in the front row at Salvatore's funeral and waited for Matteo to lose his inheritance. Three years later, he still sat on the council, waiting for his nephew to make his next mistake."Tonight is the signing dinner for the Harbor Commission, not a family spectacle." He looked me over. "Whoever you are, you have no right to bring Valenti men into this room."I released Bianca.She stumbled back to Matteo's side."You're right," I told Enzo. "It is time to discuss business."Dante took a black folder from his aide and placed it on the long table in the center of the ballroom.The table had been prepared for the renewal contract between the Moretti family and East River Pier Seven.The agreement would give Ma
After the Don Chose Her Child, I Vanished With His True Heir Chapter 5
Seven days later, New York held my funeral.Dante brought me a photograph. Matteo stood alone before a sealed coffin, rain collecting on his shoulders. Bianca held an umbrella three paces behind him, one hand still resting over her stomach.That same day, my new passport arrived at the clinic.Lucia Vitale.A month later, I was moved to Montreal. On my first day out of bed, I braced myself against the wall and took twelve steps. On the twelfth, the baby moved inside me.It was his first reminder that both of us were alive.Two months later, the news reported that Bianca had lost her baby because of the trauma from the fire. Matteo executed three guards and shut down the entire hospital.I read the reports and told no one that Bianca's baby might never have existed.Eight months after the fire, as the first snow began to fall, I gave birth to a son.He had black hair, gray eyes, and a cry loud enough to keep the entire floor awake.Dante asked what I would name him."Niccolo," I said. "
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