Chapter 8 - The Confrontation
The horrifying revelation echoed through the cold concrete parking garage.
Evelyn had completely secured her permanent position in the Moretti empire by carrying Luca's child.
"You are completely insane if you think I will ever let you raise a child of mine," Luca spat, his eyes burning with absolute hatred.
"You won't have a choice when you are grieving the tragic, violent death of your precious first family," Evelyn mocked cruelly.
She took a slow, deliberate step forward, aiming the silver barrel of her handgun directly at my face.
I pulled Leo and Mia tighter against my legs, silently praying that Luca had a hidden backup plan.
"Shoot the woman and the children, but leave my husband completely unharmed," Evelyn ordered her massive wall of armed guards.
Before a single mercenary could pull their trigger, a massive black armored transport truck smashed violently through the garage toll gates.
The heavy vehicle slammed directly into Evelyn's line of guards, sending heavily armed men flying across the concrete floor.
Dozens of FBI tactical agents poured out of the back of the transport, screaming completely deafening commands to drop all weapons.
Luca had secretly triggered a silent federal distress beacon hidden in his watch the moment the safehouse was originally breached.
Total, absolute chaos erupted in the parking garage as Evelyn's guards realized they were massively outgunned by the federal government.
Most of the mercenaries immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered, dropping to their knees with their hands raised.
Evelyn shrieked in absolute fury, realizing her perfect, murderous plan was completely falling apart in front of her eyes.
She wildly swung her silver handgun toward me, determined to finish the bloody job herself.
"If I cannot have the empire, neither can you!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
Luca moved faster than I could even blink, throwing his massive body entirely in front of me and the children.
A loud gunshot echoed through the garage, and Luca violently jerked backward with a sharp, agonizing grunt of pain.
"Luca!" I screamed, dropping to my knees as he stumbled against the concrete pillar.
Despite the gunshot wound to his shoulder, Luca immediately lunged forward and tackled Evelyn brutally to the hard floor.
He easily twisted the silver gun out of her manicured hand, pinning her aggressively to the ground with his knee.
Federal agents immediately swarmed them, ripping Evelyn away from Luca and locking heavy steel handcuffs onto her wrists.
"You are going to rot in a federal prison for the rest of your miserable life," the lead FBI agent yelled at Evelyn.
She struggled violently against the agents, her perfect hair ruined and her face contorted in pure, unadulterated madness.
"You cannot arrest me, my father will destroy all of you!" she shrieked hysterically.
Luca stood up slowly, pressing a bloody hand against his wounded shoulder with a dark, victorious smirk.
"Your father was arrested by the feds exactly twenty minutes ago, Evelyn."
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He pulled a small, blinking digital recording device from his tactical vest pocket.
"And you just confessed to attempted murder on a live, direct broadcast to the FBI director's personal phone."
