Chapter 10 - THE NIGHT THE TRUTH CAME OUT
The account records led to a series of fraudulent transfers.
Millions of dollars.
Shell companies.
False invoices.
And payments made shortly before Salvatore's car exploded.
The evidence connected Vittorio to the attack.
It also revealed payments to the men who had threatened Roman twenty-two years earlier.
Salvatore handed everything to his attorneys.
They worked with investigators.
For weeks, the case grew.
Then one evening, Vittorio called.
“Salvatore.”
His voice was calm.
“You've made a mistake.”
Salvatore stood beside the window.
“No.”
Vittorio laughed.
“You think the police can protect you?”
Salvatore looked toward the dining room.
Roman sat beside Griffin.
They were laughing over something small.
Something ordinary.
Something he had almost lost forever.
He turned back toward the phone.
“I don't need you to be afraid of me anymore.”
Vittorio went silent.
Salvatore continued.
“I need you to understand that your secrets are finished.”
He ended the call.
Then walked toward his family.
Griffin looked up.
“Everything okay?”
Salvatore smiled.
“Yes.”
Roman studied him.
“Are you sure?”
May you like
He took her hand.
“For the first time in twenty-two years.”
