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The Mafia Heiress They Called Dead Weight Chapter 10
A week later, the rain had finally cleared from New York.Early fall sunlight streamed through the windows of the old headquarters, scattering patches of light.Moretti Tower had been sealed by federal authorities, and a new team of professional managers was restructuring the assets.Victoria had been indicted on multiple felony charges under the RICO Act and ordered held without bail.Her carefully maintained composure was gone in federal detention. Rumor had it she got into fights with a Mexican gang over the TV remote every day.Vince tried to make a run for it at the airport, but with massive debts in his name and fraud charges pending, he was barred from leaving.Now he was bankrupt, with creditors all over the country after him. He couldn't even afford the Brooklyn studio he'd rented for me, and I heard he was getting by selling off his designer suits.Uncle Silvio fell seriously ill.Once he got out of the hospital, he flat-out refused to return to Florida. He insisted on moving
The Mafia Heiress They Called Dead Weight Chapter 9
"What did you do wrong?"Uncle Silvio's lips trembled violently, and every bit of color drained from his face.He looked like he didn't recognize the woman in front of him, the one he'd watched grow up and loved almost like a daughter."You took the money Bella needed to live on and used it to cover your losses. You emptied out everything her father left her, and you're asking me what you did wrong?"He raised his hand like he was going to slap her.But his hand froze in midair, and he broke into a violent coughing fit.He coughed, then coughed again.He doubled over, hacking as though he might bring up his lungs.The young man hurried forward to steady him and rubbed his back.Victoria stood there watching my uncle suffer. Something unreadable flickered in her eyes, then vanished behind indifference."Uncle, it's done. Talking about this won't change anything."She even tried to comfort him, her voice so coolly rational it was almost cruel."Business is war. I just made one wrong move
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"Give it back?"I looked at Victoria's tear-streaked face. I didn't back away or flinch."With what money?"I took another document from Sophia and flipped straight to the last page."To cover the holes left by those offshore shell companies, you didn't just drain the family's cash. You also pledged the old headquarters redevelopment project as collateral for a fifty-million-dollar loan from Irish loan sharks."Each word echoed down the hallway and cut deep."Now that Ivanov's pulling out, you're out of money."With the interest piling up on that fifty million, you couldn't pay it off even if you sold yourself."Victoria froze where she stood.I'd already uncovered the secret accounts she'd thought were so well hidden.Vince's polished act finally crumbled.He shoved Victoria away and pointed right in my face, his voice so hoarse it cracked."Isabella! You planned this all along, didn't you?"You pretended you didn't understand anything, let us take your dividends, and watched us sink
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The moment Victoria finished, the mood in the hallway turned icy.Vince seized on her words like a lifeline and immediately chimed in.He forced a twisted smile and straightened his suit."Isabella, Victoria's right."Business isn't a game of make-believe."You think locking a door means you've won?"Our new company has already secured its first investment: fifty million dollars from the Russian oligarch Ivanov."He lifted his chin, some of his Wall Street arrogance coming back."With that money and Victoria's connections, we can build another global logistics empire in three months, tops."And then those beat-up docks of yours will just rot in your hands. You won't even be able to make payroll for the union guys."His grand plans didn't make me angry. If anything, I felt a little sad for him.He had no idea how far out of his depth he was.I ignored his taunting and took my phone out of my jacket pocket.I unlocked it and dialed a number.Then I put it on speaker and set it on the mar
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The air in the hallway seemed to freeze.The only sound was the soft hum of the air vents.Vince took a deep breath and tugged at his tie.He was trying to keep his poise, but his fingertips wouldn't stop trembling."Isabella, do you really have to take it this far?"He looked at me with a pained, heartbroken expression, as if I were some hopeless sinner."Do you have any idea how many nights Victoria stayed up for this brand? How many enemies she made at the negotiating table? Can't you see any of that?"You're using one rigid rule to wipe out years of her hard work. That's not fair."As always, he was trying to shame me into backing down.I looked at his "wounded" expression and couldn't help laughing."Fair?"I turned to Victoria, who'd been silent the whole time."Victoria, why don't you tell him what you were really doing on all those late nights?"Victoria swallowed and didn't say anything.I pulled another stack of papers out of my bag and threw it straight at her chest.The pap
The Mafia Heiress They Called Dead Weight Chapter 5
The cold electronic voice echoed down the hallway.Victoria's smile stiffened a little.She thought the card hadn't registered, so she pressed it against the reader again, harder.[Beep. Access denied. This account has been deactivated.]The hallway went dead silent.Vince's expression changed too. He tried his own card.The same voice sounded again.While they stared at the reader in shock, footsteps padded across the carpet behind them.I walked out of the lounge at the other end of the hallway, holding a freshly made espresso.I blew on my coffee. "The key card's giving you trouble?"Victoria turned around. When she saw it was me, she frowned without meaning to.But she quickly regained her composure."Isabella, why are you up here?"Didn't I tell you to get a cab home by yourself?"She glanced down at the platinum card in her hand, her tone brooking no argument."The tech department's probably upgrading the security system. It's just a little glitch."Vince had pulled himself toget
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