Chapter 9 - The Man Everyone Buried
Marcus Vale had staged his death.
The bullet wound had been real.
The funeral had been real.
But the body had never been identified properly because of the fire that followed the shooting.
Lorenzo felt sick.
Ten years of financial records had passed through Marcus's hands.
Arthur had controlled people.
Marcus had controlled money.
Together, they had built something much larger than an assassination.
They had been preparing to take control of both families without firing a single public shot.
Daniel explained that Marcus had created fake debts.
The Bianchi organization appeared financially unstable.
The Russo family appeared responsible.
Arthur then encouraged Lorenzo to retaliate.
Marcus would have purchased the assets that remained after the war.
But there was another problem.
“Why kill you at the wedding?” Isabella asked.
Daniel answered.
“Because Marcus needed one final thing.”
“What?”
“Lorenzo's signature.”
A legal transfer document was scheduled to be presented during the wedding reception.
If Lorenzo died after signing it, the organization would pass into a temporary trust.
Arthur controlled that trust.
Lorenzo suddenly remembered.
Arthur had insisted that he sign several papers before the ceremony.
He had said they were routine.
“They weren't routine,” Isabella whispered.
Lorenzo looked at her.
“No.”
He realized something worse.
The phone recording had not been designed to expose Arthur.
It had been designed to lead them here.
Marcus wanted them to discover Arthur.
He wanted Lorenzo angry enough to confront him.
Because while everyone chased Arthur, Marcus could finish the transfer.
Camila suddenly looked toward the cathedral.
“The phone.”
“What?”
“The dropped phone.”
She remembered something.
Before the ceremony, Arthur had given her instructions to place a specific document inside Lorenzo's study.
She had refused.
But she had seen the envelope.
A red seal.
Lorenzo's family crest.
He went pale.
May you like
“The transfer papers.”
They ran.
