The next day, we held a family meeting.The moment I stepped through the door, I noticed something was off. The seating order in the conference room changed.Before, as the family's consigliere and madre, my seat was always at Lucio's right hand.Now, Camilla was in my place, and I was moved to the far end.When Lucio walked in, everyone rose to greet him.He gave me a cold glance, then announced without preamble, "From today onward, Camilla will replace Ada as consigliere of the Rossi family."A few members exchanged uneasy looks. Some looked like they wanted to speak, but in the end, no one dared.Lucio looked down at me from above. "You have a problem with that?"Camilla offered me a soft, almost gentle smile. "Ada, don't be upset. I just want to help Lucio share some of the burden.""Lucio," I said, my voice calm, "in the past five years, I secured seven shipping routes for the Rossi family. I opened the Eastern Orsia arms channels. Last year alone, our casino profits trip
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