Chapter 12 - The Black File
The flight to Naples was conducted in absolute, suffocating silence aboard Dominic’s private jet.
Hannah sat by the window, watching the dark ocean below and feeling completely disconnected from reality.
She had left the triplets behind in New York, guarded by forty of Dominic’s most ruthless and loyal men.
Dominic sat across from her, carefully disassembling and cleaning a matte black handgun with practiced precision.
He handed her a thick black folder, explaining that his intelligence team had spent the last forty-eight hours digging up the truth.
Hannah opened the file, her stomach twisting into painful knots as she read the detailed reports.
Her father had never been a struggling blue-collar worker in Queens.
Arthur was actually a disgraced former lieutenant of the European underworld who had been hiding in America.
When he discovered Hannah’s rare genetic mutation, he realized it was his golden ticket back into power.
He had orchestrated the fake cancer diagnosis to force Hannah into a corner of absolute desperation.
Dominic coldly explained that Vincent Moretti had not just been an ally; he was Arthur’s primary financier.
The two men had partnered to harvest Hannah and the triplets to build an empire of untraceable biological wealth.
Hannah closed the file, feeling a violent wave of nausea wash over her.
She looked at Dominic, asking him how she could possibly look the man who raised her in the eyes.
Dominic slid a loaded magazine into his weapon with a sharp, echoing snap.
He told her that she would not have to look at him for very long.
When they landed in Italy, a sleek armored car was already waiting for them on the private tarmac.
The local syndicate in Naples owed Dominic a blood debt, and they had provided the exact coordinates of Arthur’s villa.
As they drove through the winding, picturesque coastal roads, the beauty of the landscape felt like a cruel joke.
Hannah checked the safety on her own small pistol, a heavy sense of finality settling in her chest.
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She was no longer the terrified waitress who had been kidnapped in a restaurant.
She was the mother of three beautiful girls, and she was about to burn her father's empire to the ground.
