Chapter 10 - The False Victory
Thick, blinding black smoke poured rapidly into the opulent ballroom, completely disorienting everyone left standing inside.
A heavily armed, highly coordinated tactical team stormed fiercely through the breached doors, firing with ruthless military precision.
They were definitely not local police officers, and they certainly did not work for Vincent Moretti.
The elite tactical team ruthlessly cut down Vincent’s remaining guards in a matter of incredibly bloody seconds.
The heavily armored leader of the squad walked through the clearing smoke and shot Vincent Moretti squarely in the chest.
Vincent collapsed heavily onto the cold marble floor, his vast criminal empire violently ending in a massive pool of blood.
The smoke finally began to clear, revealing Leo standing up proudly and casually dusting off his ruined designer suit.
Leo had brilliantly planned for his father's anticipated ambush all along, secretly hiring an outside mercenary force to ensure his absolute victory.
Leo looked across the room at Emily, his face covered in dust and blood, but smiling incredibly triumphantly.
He pulled out his phone and transferred the promised quarter of a million dollars into her bank account right in front of her.
Emily frantically checked her phone, crying genuine tears of joy as she saw the massive, life-saving deposit officially clear.
She had miraculously survived the brutal mafia war, and she finally had the money to save her dying mother’s life.
She sprinted desperately out of the ruined gala and hailed a speeding taxi straight to the private hospital where her mother had just been transferred.
She burst into the luxurious private suite, weeping loudly with relief as she saw her mother hooked up to the advanced machines.
The lead surgeon turned around from the monitors, holding a medical clipboard and smiling warmly as he prepared her mother for the life-saving transplant.
Emily exhaled a massive, shuddering sigh of relief, finally feeling the crushing, unbearable weight of poverty and terror lift from her exhausted shoulders.
Then the lead doctor slowly pulled off his surgical mask, revealing the scarred face of the towering enforcer she thought Leo had killed in her apartment.
He calmly locked the heavy hospital door from the inside and pulled a suppressed pistol from the deep pocket of his white medical coat.
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He smiled coldly and whispered that Leo never actually intended to pay for a waitress's medical bills.
He aimed the suppressed pistol directly at her sleeping mother’s head and calmly told Emily it was time to tie up the final loose end.
