Chapter 8 - The Final Verdict
The boardroom fell into a suffocating, terrified silence as the senior council members stared at Silvio in absolute disgust. In the mafia world, stealing from a boss's dead wife was a betrayal punishable only by death.
"Dante... please!" Silvio whimpered, falling to his knees on the carpet, his hands clasped together in desperate, pathetic pleading. "I was loyal to your father for thirty years! Don't do this over old money!"
"You didn't just steal money, Silvio," Dante said, stepping closer until his boots were inches from the kneeling old man. "You murdered an innocent man, threatened a widowed mother, and tried to destroy my Elena's memory."
Dante looked at his senior lieutenants. "Strip Silvio and Marco of every asset, every property, and every account they possess. Transfer every single cent back into Elena's foundation."
"And what about them, Don Falcone?" Victor asked, holding the traitors at gunpoint.
"Take them to the federal prosecutor's office," Dante ordered coldly. "Let Thomas Bennett's full evidence be handed to the authorities. They will spend the rest of their natural lives rotting in maximum-security prison, stripped of their names and their freedom."
As the guards dragged the screaming, sobbing traitors out of the boardroom, the remaining council members stood up and bowed their heads in absolute respect and loyalty to Don Dante Falcone.
Dante looked down at little Sophia, who smiled up at him, hugging her little teddy bear tightly against her chest.
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"Justice has been served, little one," Dante whispered softly.
👉 Read Part 9 to see how Rosa and Sophia's lives were transformed forever.
