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They Stole My Vineyards, Then Told Me to Live on a Budget Chapter 8
Leonardo suddenly shoved Beatrice away from him."Leave me out of this."He hurried to the table and dug through the documents."She runs the new company! She signed all those commitments. I only handled the finances."Beatrice turned to him."You're the one who said this was how we'd get the investment.""I made my plans based on the authorization you gave me! You said you could speak for the whole family!""The people who got that money are your relatives!""And didn't you approve those payments?"They stood two steps apart, and neither moved any closer.Leonardo pulled out his phone and kept swiping at the screen."I'll have my lawyer handle it. I'm leaving tomorrow. I have work in London. I can't hang around here wasting time with you people."He turned to go downstairs.Lucia didn't have the guards stop him."You can call your lawyer, and you can leave this building. The records and the evidence won't disappear just because you're gone."He stopped at the top of the stairs.Dario
They Stole My Vineyards, Then Told Me to Live on a Budget Chapter 7
Hurried footsteps sounded on the stairs.My aunt came up with Marco helping her, her thin coat hanging crooked off her shoulders, her chest heaving.She took one look at Beatrice, then grabbed my arm."What are you doing?"Marco says you called in a lawyer and you're going to turn the two of them over to the authorities?"I glanced at Marco.He looked at the floor.My aunt gripped tighter."Why can't we settle this within the family? Her parents died years ago. I raised her, and I had her look after things for you. She's part of this family too!"You can't push someone this far just because one thing doesn't go your way."I looked at my aunt. I couldn't believe she was using that line on me again.One thing doesn't go my way?They'd wanted me to sign a 20-year agreement. They'd wanted my family home. They'd even dared to siphon money out of the accounts.And to hear my aunt tell it, I was still the one throwing a tantrum.I bit back the urge to argue with her."Aunt Rosa, sit down firs
They Stole My Vineyards, Then Told Me to Live on a Budget Chapter 6
Then I called Valentina Serra and put her on speaker."Valentina, it's me."On the other end, the sound of shuffling papers stopped."Adelia? I was just going over the authorization statement your side sent. What exactly is the relationship between Beatrice's new company and the holding company?"Leonardo's eyes locked on my phone."That's exactly why I'm calling," I said. "We never authorized her to dispose of anything the 11 estates produce, and we never agreed to guarantee her new company.""What about the exclusive supply of base wine?""No.""Can the brand license be transferred to the new company?""It can't."Valentina flipped through some papers."Understood. I'll have my team halt the closing until we've verified the documents."Leonardo lunged forward."Ms. Serra! It's just a difference in how we read the contract. We can meet in person and—""Leonardo, the materials you gave us were very clear."She cut him off."The exclusive supply commitment you provided was a major basis
They Stole My Vineyards, Then Told Me to Live on a Budget Chapter 5
Leonardo tossed the document back on the table."So what now? You're really going to lock out the woman who kept your father's business going for 20 years?"Where were you when she was down in the cellar overseeing the bottling? Where were you when she was negotiating with those men and drinking until her stomach hurt?"He pointed at the photo of the award-winning wine on the wall."Can you see whose name is on that?"I glanced at the photo."I can."I took a second stack of papers out of my bag."That's why, all these years, I paid her every management fee, dividend, and bonus she was owed."The first page was a payment summary."I never asked her to work for free."The second page listed payments received by seven companies."So why did she need to take more on the side?"Beatrice looked up and fixed her eyes on the receipts.I spread the pages out one by one."Consulting fees. Brand maintenance fees. Fees for entertaining overseas buyers. Over three years, you paid these seven compa
They Stole My Vineyards, Then Told Me to Live on a Budget Chapter 4
Beatrice swiped it again."Beep. Access denied. Credentials deactivated."She looked down at the card, flipped it over, and wiped it off.Leonardo took it from her."Must've gotten demagnetized."He tried his own.The red light stayed on.I came out of the sitting room at the end of the hall and set a glass of freshly decanted red on the coffee table."You didn't forget your keys this time."Beatrice spun around.When she saw it was me, she frowned."How did you get here before us? Weren't you supposed to find your own way down the hill?""I called a car.""Then go home." Leonardo pressed the intercom button on the wall. "Get Sofia up here. The executive door system's down."He let go of the button and turned to me."There's an important meeting here shortly. If your 300 euros won't cover a cab, the front desk can give you a reimbursement form."I sat down and set my bag beside me. I took the envelope with the 300 euros out of my bag and laid it on the coffee table."Go ahead and fix i
They Stole My Vineyards, Then Told Me to Live on a Budget Chapter 3
In September, the first grapes came in.As always, the harvest banquet was held at the first estate.My father had set the rule: it would be held outside the old press house, and a Vitale would raise the first glass, so every guest would know who was responsible for the land.The chair at the head of the table had been my father's, then my aunt's.Once I came of age, it was mine for eight years.This year, my name was at the very last table.Right next to the side door to the kitchen.When I walked into the courtyard, Beatrice, in a long dark red dress, sat in my father's old seat with Leonardo on her right.The people at the head table saw me, then looked over at the place card with my name on it by the side door.Nobody said a word.My aunt had come too.She'd been seated at another table and was happily praising the decorations. As I passed, she tugged at my hand."Don't make a scene today. Everyone's here.""Do you know where they put me?" I asked her.She glanced at the side door
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