The day after I met Victor D'Amico, I went with him to New York.The D'Amico headquarters was not some gaudy mansion. It was a plain black building in Manhattan. The lower floors housed a legal security company and an investment fund. The upper floors held the true heart of the East Coast Commission.When Victor took me into the conference room, lawyers, accountants, security chiefs, and representatives from several branch families filled the table.He threw the South Dock plan onto the table. "She dragged Moretti out of the mud and onto a negotiating table. She can save D'Amico five years of mistakes. From today on, Elena Vega is my special consultant."Some people were not convinced.Victor tapped the table. "If you don’t like it, ask her questions. If you stump her, the seat is yours."That afternoon, they took turns throwing problems at me: port taxes, underground casino cleanups, federal investigation risks, union strikes, and the laundering of old assets into clean structures.I
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