MAFIA BOSS FOUND HIS SECRETARY FREEZING ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT—WHAT HE DID NEXT TERRIFIED EVERYONE!
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Chapter 14 - A HOME WORTH FIGHTING FOR
The property dispute ended in Clara's favor.
The fraudulent transfer documents were invalidated.
Insurance and legal proceedings helped address the fire damage.
Clara chose to rebuild.
Not the exact same house.
A new one.
With the same blue kitchen cabinets.
The same oak floors.
And a sewing room behind the pantry.
Matteo offered to pay.
Clara refused.
“I need to do this myself.”
He nodded.
“Then let me help carry the furniture.”
She laughed.
“You?”
He smiled.
“I can lift things.”
Clara looked at him.
Then nodded.
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“Fine.”
And that was how Matteo Bellini, one of Chicago's most feared Mafia bosses, spent a Saturday afternoon carrying boxes into a modest bungalow while his security chief tried not to smile.
