The Widow’s Blood Debt
"She’s waiting for the audit to finish. She knew that eventually, a Moretti or a Vane would find the thread. She wanted us to build the empire first. She wanted us to be strong enough to handle the truth."
"And what is the truth, Julian?" Dante asked, his eyes fixed on the screen with a lethal intensity.
"The truth is that she didn't just flee my father," Julian said, his eyes tearing up. "She stole the 'Blood Ledger' the real one. The one that tracks the money back to the founding of the city. She didn't want the Vanes or the Morettis to own the docks. She wanted to be the one who owned the men who owned the docks."