My Don’s Secretary Killed the Wrong Mother のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

Ava, my husband's secretary, sent me a photo of a woman, beaten and naked.The caption read: "Don Lorenzo just acquired this estate, and you have the nerve to let your blind, ill-mannered old mother come crawling here to freeload? As the Don's personal secretary, it's my job to uphold the Falcone family's dignity.""This is the price for daring to trespass in the Don's home!"I stared, stunned for a long moment. I looked at my mother drinking red wine across from me, then looked again at the photo, at the ancestral ring on the woman's hand that my mother-in-law never removed. I immediately called Ava."Ava, are you insane? That's Lorenzo's mother!"The woman on the other end chuckled. "Oh, Donna, don't be dramatic. The Don was clear. Your mother is your problem, his mother is his. Don't get the two confused."With another flippant laugh, Ava hung up.I didn't dare waste a second. I ordered the housekeeper to have the private jet readied for New York and dialed Lorenzo's number."Lorenz

Seeing that Lorenzo and Bianca had sided with Ava, the sycophantic mobsters around them began to pledge their loyalty."Exactly. These low-class people who try to ride our coattails are just leeches, sucking the family dry.""Today she just broke a rule. If we let her get away with it, the other families will say the Falcones have no standards.""Damn right. If we don't make an example of her, people on the street will think the great Falcone family has turned into a soup kitchen.""I'd say Ava acted decisively. She was eliminating a threat to the Don."In an instant, the party was filled with voices praising the secretary.It was as if the person she had tortured to death was some unforgivable traitor from a rival gang.And Ava herself had become the greatest hero, the defender of the family's honor.Ava shot me a triumphant glance before turning and leaning timidly against Lorenzo again."But Don, the person you dealt with was the Donna's own mother. What if she uses her hidden conne

Seeing Sofia standing there at the edge of the lawn, alive and unharmed, Lorenzo froze.His eyes widened as if he'd seen a ghost. He stared at Sofia, his lips moving, but for a long moment, no words came out.The assembled capos missed their Don's strange reaction. They were too busy looking the old woman in the worn woolen shawl up and down, their faces masks of open disdain."Where'd this peasant come from? Looks like she crawled out of the gutter.""This is a banquet for the Madre. Are the guards blind? How did they let this riffraff in?""Look at her. Pathetic. Probably smelled the roasted meat and cigars and thought she could scrounge for scraps.""A disgrace. How did filth like this get into the Don's party?"Ava strode forward on her high heels, her voice sharp as she barked at my mother."Who the hell is this beggar?""Get the hell off this estate. Now.""This is the Don's private estate, not a soup kitchen." As she spat the words, her eyes raked over my mother like she was som

At Lorenzo's question, Ava's face went deathly white."I... I don't know.""I was working myself to the bone directing the staff for the banquet. I turned around and saw this old woman with a limp, dragging a suitcase, trying to force her way in and shouting Helen's name. I was afraid she'd cause trouble with security, so I tried to run her off, but she threw a fit and refused to leave.""To uphold the Don's authority, I told my men to persuade her to leave."At this, Ava's eyes reddened. Tears welled as if on command, her voice thick with feigned injury."Since that person wasn't Donna Helen's mother... then it must have been someone Helen sent herself.""She's always been jealous of how much you value me. She knew how important the Madre's banquet was, that you bought this estate specifically for her. So she sent some old woman to cause trouble, just to sabotage the job you gave me!"Lorenzo's expression darkened.Bianca nodded thoughtfully."Brother, Ava has a point.""This whole th

Facing Lorenzo's relentless accusations, I suddenly had no desire to argue.I just said faintly, "Call a family meeting."Lorenzo was slightly taken aback. "What?"I looked at him. "Aren't you convinced this is all just my petty scheming?""A death on the estate is no small matter. According to family rules, the Consigliere should be summoned to convene the capos for a ruling.""If it was a trap I set, then let the council bring me before a family tribunal. They can deal with me as they see fit."The moment I said that, Ava's face went pale."Donna, I know you want to pin this death on me, but you can't just air the family's dirty laundry for your own selfish reasons!""So many allies are here for the Madre's welcome banquet. What will it look like if we call a meeting now?""If word of this gets out, how will the Falcone family save face with the Commission?""Are we going to celebrate the Madre's return or not?"Bianca immediately chimed in. "Exactly!""Helen, what kind of vicious pl