He Fired the Maid for Striking His Fiancée Until the Camera Showed Him the Handprint on His Grandfather’s Face
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Chapter 8 - The Siege
The removal of Evelyn sent shockwaves through the criminal underworld. Rivals saw the Calderone empire as weakened by the internal purge. A rival family, the Morettis, decided to strike while the house was in disarray.
They stormed the estate gates. Gunfire erupted in the gardens.
Maya was with Vincent in the safe room. She could hear the chaos, the shouting, the crashing of glass. Dominic was out there, fighting for his home.
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"Maya," Vincent rasped, grabbing her hand. "The safe. The backup." He pointed to a floor tile.
Maya pried it up. It wasn't money. It was the original deeds to the estate, the blackmail files on the police commissioner, the leverage that kept the Calderones in power.
