Chapter 5 - The Father's Oath
Luca’s jaw clenched so hard the muscles in his neck strained. His dark, dangerous eyes flicked up from the faded paper, burning with an unadulterated fury that made Adrian physically back away.
Luca slowly held the paper up, right in his older brother's pale, terrified face.
"Who authorized you to sell this diner?" Luca demanded, his voice deadly calm, which was infinitely more terrifying than if he had shouted.
"Dad!" Adrian panicked, pointing frantically at the foreclosure folder on the table. "Dad left me in control of the commercial portfolio! It was all transferred to my holding company! I have the legal right to bulldoze this place!"
Luca stared at him, his silence suffocating the room. Then, Luca read the yellowed note out loud.
“This diner belongs to Teresa until she draws her last breath. She is the only reason you boys survived the winter of ‘92. The deed stays protected. This is my blood oath.”
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Adrian stopped breathing. The winter of ‘92. The year their father was betrayed by a rival family, the year their mother was killed, and the year they had to disappear into the shadows for six agonizing months.
👉 What massive family secret did Teresa keep hidden for the Moretti family all those years ago?
