Chapter 12 - THE TRUTH THAT DESTROYED THE ROMANO EMPIRE
The investigation expanded.
Financial records connected Aldo to illegal adoption arrangements, falsified hospital documents, and payments to intermediaries.
Dr. Whitmore cooperated with investigators.
Margaret Hart provided records she'd preserved for years.
Nathan Cole coordinated with attorneys and appropriate authorities.
The truth was complicated.
Aldo had claimed he was protecting Isabella.
But the evidence suggested he'd also used the child's disappearance to strengthen his own control over the Romano organization.
Dominic had been devastated by the supposed death of his daughter.
His marriage had suffered.
His judgment had changed.
And Aldo had benefited from his nephew's dependence.
Dominic began dismantling Aldo's influence.
Several associates were removed from positions of authority.
Financial records were preserved for investigators.
And Aldo eventually faced criminal charges.
The Romano empire began to fracture.
But Dominic no longer cared about preserving it at any cost.
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He cared about the daughter he'd never known.
And the woman he'd spent sixteen years failing to protect.
