Todos los capítulos de Three Years as His Scapegoat, Then the Don Lost Everything: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

"You changed the time of the exchange at the port without authorization?""Yes.""You failed to verify the intelligence, and four of our people were badly hurt. That was your doing too?""Yes."The man behind the long table turned to the last page."And the shipment the police seized because you exposed the route? Do you admit to that too?"I knelt in the middle of the hall and nodded."I admit it."The captains around the table erupted the second I said it."The Don trusted her with everything, and she keeps making these basic mistakes!""If this keeps up, who's going to want to work under her?"I didn't explain.A second later, the man behind me brought the whip down hard across my back.Old wounds that had barely closed split open again. Blood soaked through my shirt.At the 99th stroke, I couldn't hold myself up anymore. I collapsed onto the floor.Nobody in that room felt sorry for me.The people who used to trust me looked at me now with nothing but disappointment and contempt.O

That night I threw everything connected to Victor into the trash.Photographs, necklaces, every gift he'd given me over the years.He'd been generous. His gifts could have bought a city.Victor walked in while I was doing it.His face darkened."Still angry about today?"I didn't answer him. I put another photo of the two of us into the fire.Victor caught my wrist, his voice firm. "Every captain in that room wanted you stripped of your authority. I couldn't humiliate them."But we have plenty of time ahead of us. I'll give you back twice what you lost today.""There won't be a later."Victor paused, then his expression turned impatient. "What's that supposed to mean?"I pulled my hand free.He ignored the way I'd pulled away and took a file out of his coat."There's an opportunity for you right now."I took the file and skimmed it. My expression turned serious."You want me to take the North District?"A rival had held the North District for five years. There were only two ways in, an

I thought I was done with the North District.Then, at a family council meeting, Angela suddenly proposed keeping me in the North District to help her.Someone objected at once. "Donna, have you forgotten how many men died in that fight? If Carina hadn't changed the plan on her own, we wouldn't have lost so many!""Exactly. You had to go in and clean up her mess yourself. Who would trust her anywhere near the North District again?"Victor glanced at me instinctively, tension in his eyes.But I kept my eyes lowered, showing no interest in defending myself.He paused.Angela smiled."Who said I was letting her handle any of that? The North District warehouse needs a clerk. Send her there."The table fell silent for a second. Then several captains laughed out loud.Angela slowly turned to look at me."We have to find her something to do. This family shouldn't be feeding someone who does nothing."Then she turned to Victor. "Don, what do you think?"She was certain he'd side with her, just

That night, Victor canceled an important meeting and flew back to Sicily on a private plane.He reached the estate just as the convoy that had taken Carina away returned through the gates.Car doors opened one after another. The men who'd accompanied her looked relaxed, as if they'd just finished a difficult job.Angela heard Victor was back and came out of the main building to meet him.She'd barely opened the door when Victor lunged at her, before she could say a word.He clamped a hand around her throat and slammed her against the wall."Who gave you permission to have Carina killed without my order?"Angela's chin tilted up, her feet nearly leaving the ground. Her face flushed as her struggles weakened.Everyone around them fell silent.His second-in-command's expression changed. He forced himself to step forward."Don, Carina defected and then tried to kill the Donna. Under family law, that's enough to convict her."He paused, glancing at Angela's face. It had turned purple."And

The next day, every captain in the Castellano family gathered in the room again.After what had happened, they were all waiting for Victor's answer.Victor sat at the head of the table. His first words were, "As of today, Angela is stripped of her title as Donna."The room erupted. Angela's father jumped to his feet and struck the floor with his cane."Victor! This is your answer to the family? Simon brings in a few worthless pieces of paper, and you strip my daughter of her title?"Victor didn't argue. He simply raised a hand.A second later, Angela's voice rang out clearly from the recording.The maid's statement followed, detailing every time Angela had framed Carina over the years.The room gradually fell silent. The anger froze on Angela's father's face.Only then did Victor look up at him coldly."You wanted an answer. Is that enough?""Enough! More than enough!"Simon stood up and gave two slow claps."The Don's evidence is certainly more thorough this time. Carina was convicted