Chapter 9 - THE TRAP AT THE RIVER WAREHOUSE
The investigation into Vincenzo Carbone moved quickly.
Financial records connected his companies to suspicious transfers.
Paul's testimony provided additional evidence.
Pietro's ledger revealed transactions dating back decades.
But Vincenzo remained powerful.
He denied everything.
Then he invited Dante to a private meeting at one of his warehouses.
Dante refused.
Instead, he gave the invitation to investigators.
A controlled operation was arranged.
Nora was not involved.
Dante insisted she remain somewhere safe.
She agreed.
But that evening, someone knocked on her apartment door.
A woman stood outside.
Mid-fifties.
Dark hair.
Nervous eyes.
“My name is Teresa Carbone.”
Nora froze.
“Vincenzo's wife?”
The woman nodded.
“I need to talk to you.”
Nora hesitated.
Then called Vivian Mercer, the attorney assisting the investigation.
They met Teresa at a police station.
There, Teresa revealed that she'd spent years collecting evidence against her husband.
She knew about the financial crimes.
The intimidation.
And Elena Rossi's death.
Nora stared.
“You knew my mother?”
Teresa nodded.
“She came to me for help.”
Nora's throat tightened.
“What happened?”
Teresa began crying.
“I was too afraid.”
Nora closed her eyes.
Another person who had been afraid.
Another silence.
Another life destroyed.
Teresa reached across the table.
“But I'm not afraid anymore.”
She handed investigators a storage drive.
Inside were financial records, communications, and documents connecting Vincenzo to multiple crimes.
Including the sabotage of Elena's car.
For the first time, Nora had evidence.
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Not just suspicion.
And Vincenzo Carbone's empire began to collapse.
