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The Mafia’s Divorced Queen Chapter 9
Antonio spent six hours in emergency surgery. He survived.He didn't want to retire, but I insisted.After Katerina was confined, I didn't see Theo for two weeks. He overruled the objections within his family and publicly ended the engagement.The remaining Bellanos fought back. They brought the neutral factions into it, and South Port suffered too. Shipments were held up. Approvals stalled. We lost six orders in two weeks.Theo had already upset the family by giving me control of the port. Now he'd broken off the engagement and locked up Katerina. Men who'd backed him for years were saying he'd let a woman cloud his judgment.He had trouble on every side. I had a business to save.Some of the men who'd once tried to lure the Nightingale away from him were still in my address books. The freight operators who'd paid me with property had become business partners. They wouldn't take sides in public, but they made introductions in private.My team and I spent more than ten days reworking r
The Mafia’s Divorced Queen Chapter 8
I squeezed my eyes shut.No scream. Just the sharp sound of metal striking stone.When I looked, Marco had Katerina's wrist in his grip. Her gun lay several feet away. The bullet had hit the ground beside Antonio.Theo's men had reached the courtyard. Marco had knocked her arm aside just in time.My knees gave out. Theo caught me, but I pulled away and stumbled toward Antonio.“Hospital. Get him to a hospital!”“Marco, call an ambulance. Clear the route.”His men lifted Antonio onto a stretcher. Only when the ambulance had left did I notice the blood running down my own arm.Theo reached for my shoulder.“You heard her!” Katerina shouted. “You heard how she spoke to me!”He turned.“I saw you break into her home, kidnap one of our men and put a gun to his head.”“He's a Vitale employee. I'm going to be the Donna. I have every right to discipline him.”Theo stared at her.“Is that what you think?”She hesitated.“Antonio has served this family for nine years. He was here when my father
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After the meeting, I barely went home. South Port had new managers, new procedures and enough problems to keep me at the office day and night.I ate at my desk and slept in the break room. My shoulder wasn't healing properly, but there was too much to do.Antonio had spent weeks running errands for me. I'd given him three days off to see his sister.On the fifth evening, things were finally running smoothly enough for me to go back to the estate.The housekeeper met me at the door.“What is it?”“We can't reach Antonio.” Her voice shook. “We thought he was with his family, but his sister came looking for him today. He never went home. His phone's been off for three days.”Antonio had been with me for five years. He would never disappear without a word.I reached for my phone.“Call security. Get the footage from wherever he was last—”Brakes screeched outside the gates.The guard on duty came over the radio. Katerina was outside. Her men had a gun to Antonio's head. She wanted the gate
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From the hospital, I went straight to the South Port offices.The stitches were still in my shoulder. Even setting down my bag hurt. My secretary started to protest, but I asked for the finance, personnel and security files, along with six months of supplier records.As long as Theo's people controlled the company, they could still control my safety and my money.I spent the next week going through everything. Payment approvals, warehouse access, cargo schedules, security. I replaced the people in charge with employees who answered to me.I also had my lawyer prepare an asset list for the Vitale holding company. Which shares Theo owned. What he could transfer himself. What needed another signature. I went through every item and kept the file in my safe.When the new security chief handed me his roster, I read it twice.No one would divert my guards with a phone call again.Theo came several times. I said I wasn't well enough to see him.Once, he waited outside in the rain for an hour.
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While I was leaving the hospital, Theo and Katerina were at the old house, going through their wedding plans.“The reception should be at the estate,” Katerina said. “And we'll need the senior members of both families at the church.”Theo turned a page without reading it. He kept thinking about me in the hospital bed.His phone buzzed. The bank confirmed that the ten million had reached my account.He frowned. I'd accepted the estate, the car and now the money. But I hadn't sent him a single word.“What is it?” Katerina asked.“Nothing.”Then Marco called.“There's a problem at the hospital.”Theo straightened. “What happened to Evelyn?”“The driver arrived at nine and waited almost an hour. She checked out at seven.”“Who collected her?”“Her own people. She's dismissed the guards you sent, too.”“Have you called her?”“She isn't answering.”Theo hung up and tried himself. Then he called again.No answer.He stared at the wedding plans. I'd known he was sending a driver, but I'd left
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I woke the next afternoon. Every movement pulled at my shoulder, and breathing hurt my ribs.Theo sat by the window in yesterday's shirt, dried blood on one cuff. When he saw I was awake, he came straight to the bed and poured me some water.He tried to help me sit up. I flinched away.His hand stopped. Then he put the glass within reach.“No damage to your organs. But your shoulder needs rest, and you have a cracked rib.”He sat beside me.“I checked the assignments. Katerina diverted one escort car. That left you with only half your guards. I never should have given anyone else control of your security.”He paused.“Evelyn, I'm sorry.”I'd never heard him apologize like that. Theo usually dealt with mistakes by finding someone to punish.I was too tired to be grateful.“It's all right.”He looked at me, hopeful.“Katerina will be your Donna,” I said. “The family's affairs are hers to manage. I understand.”His face tightened.Before he could answer, heels clicked outside the room. Ka
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