Chapter 6 - THE HARBOR CLUB SIEGE
At 9:30 P.M., rain lashed against the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the elite Harbor Club on the Boston waterfront.
Inside the private top-floor dining room, twenty senior captains and corporate directors sat around a forty-foot mahogany table. At the head of the table sat Julian Moretti, wearing an immaculate grey suit, sipping scotch, a smug, triumphant smile on his lips.
"My brother Luca is compromised," Julian announced loudly, slamming his palm onto the table for dramatic effect. "His son has been missing for a week. Luca has abandoned his posts, deployed armed men into the city streets without board approval, and brought heat from the FBI! The Moretti family cannot be run by a broken, distracted man!"
Murmurs of agreement echoed among several bought-off captains.
"We take a vote tonight," Julian declared, pulling a stack of legal transfer documents from his briefcase. "We strip Luca of his executive authority and appoint me as interim Chairman—"
BOOM!
The heavy oak double doors of the boardroom were blown off their hinges by a controlled hydraulic charge, crashing inward onto the Persian rug.
Smoke rolled into the room as ten heavily armed Moretti loyalists flooded the entrance, their laser sights sweeping across the terrified board members.
Through the clearing smoke walked Luca Moretti.
He looked like a vengeful god, wearing a long black coat, his presence so overwhelming that three captains immediately dropped their glasses onto the table.
Beside him walked Evelyn, holding little Leo securely by the hand.
Julian gasped, knocking his chair backward as he stumbled up from the table, his face draining of all color. "Luca...?! How... how did you—"
"Did you really think a few cheap lies and a stolen keycard could tear my family apart, Julian?" Luca’s voice boomed through the room like thunder.
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Leo stepped forward beside Evelyn, looking his uncle straight in the eye.
"You lied to me, Uncle Julian," Leo’s small voice rang out clearly across the silent room. "You said Daddy was a monster. But Evie told me the truth."
