Chapter 8 - The Hidden File
Lorenzo's private archive was beneath the west wing.
Only Lorenzo and Sebastian had keys.
But there was another way inside.
Beatrice knew the old service passages.
She had cleaned them for seventeen years.
Nobody had ever asked why.
She led Caldwell through the narrow corridor.
They reached the archive.
The door was open.
Inside, several drawers had been disturbed.
One file remained on the floor.
B-14.
Beatrice opened it.
Inside was a list of payments.
Names.
Dates.
Amounts.
And one recurring transfer.
Every month, money moved from a Moretti account to a private company.
The company belonged to Sebastian.
Caldwell stared.
“He's been stealing from Lorenzo.”
Beatrice shook her head.
“Not just stealing.”
The payments were marked as medical expenses.
But the dates showed something else.
Every transfer occurred shortly before Lorenzo's health worsened.
The money was paying for the medication.
Sebastian wasn't only controlling the treatment.
He was funding it.
Lorenzo had been paying the person slowly killing him.
Then Beatrice found a handwritten note.
When Lorenzo dies, transfer ownership.
Caldwell whispered:
“He planned to inherit everything.”
Beatrice stared at the paper.
But something didn't fit.
Sebastian was Lorenzo's underboss.
He would inherit power.
Why go through such a complicated scheme?
Then she saw another name.
Rossi Family Trust.
The trust had been created twenty years earlier.
And Sebastian wasn't the final beneficiary.
Beatrice's face changed.
“Caldwell.”
He looked over.
“Sebastian isn't doing this for himself.”
Footsteps sounded behind them.
The archive door began closing.
Someone was standing outside.
Then Sebastian's voice came through the darkness.
May you like
“You finally found it.”
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