Chapter 7 - THE MESSAGE FROM GENOA
Nina spent the next week reviewing documents.
Forty-three pages became hundreds.
Supporting agreements.
Corporate records.
Shipping schedules.
Financial disclosures.
She worked with Vivien and an outside Italian law firm.
The more she read, the more concerned she became.
Several translated documents contained subtle inconsistencies.
Individually, they looked like careless errors.
Together, they formed a pattern.
A pattern that shifted authority away from Moretti Imports and toward Bertellini's holding company.
Then Nina discovered something worse.
One of the supporting agreements referred to a dormant subsidiary.
A company supposedly registered in Luxembourg.
But the registration number did not match the listed corporate name.
She brought it to Vivien.
"This company doesn't appear to exist under the name provided."
Vivien frowned.
"Are you sure?"
"I checked the registry."
Vivien leaned forward.
"Then who owns the subsidiary?"
Nina hesitated.
"That's what worries me."
That evening, an email arrived in Nina's personal inbox.
No sender name.
No subject.
Just one sentence in Italian.
Your father taught you well. Now teach yourself when to stop.
Nina stared at the screen.
Her blood ran cold.
May you like
Because whoever sent it knew about Thomas Whitmore.
And that meant the danger had followed her home.
