Chapter 6 - The Betrayal Unveiled
The next morning, I gathered the final piece of the puzzle. The audio recording, combined with digital signatures recovered from the dead mercenaries' devices, pointed directly to Victor Russo.
Victor had used the Mendoza cartel as a proxy to eliminate Isabella, hoping the grief would break me and force me to step down as head of the family. When that failed, he planted the narrative in the household, speaking openly near the children's rooms in the days after the funeral, hoping to turn my own daughters against me.
Lucia had overheard Victor telling a associate in the hallway: "Dominic killed her. His ego brought those guns to Queens."
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A four-year-old child didn't understand corporate sabotage or mob politics. She only knew her mother was gone, and her uncle said her father was responsible.
I called an emergency syndicate meeting at our private compound downtown. Every caporegime and family board member was required to attend—including Victor.
