Chapter 5 - THE PRICE OF DECEPTION
The aftermath left the warehouse in ruins. My mother was untied, falling into Nathaniel's arms in a tearful, desperate embrace. But the reunion was cut short by a stark realization: the Morettis had known exactly where to find us. There was a mole inside Graves Holdings.
For the next two months, my life changed drastically. I traded a rusted bus bench for a sprawling estate in the Hamptons, fortified like a military bunker. My faded dresses were replaced with silk, and I had private tutors for everything from mathematics to martial arts.
But tension hung heavy in the air. Nathaniel was ruthlessly auditing his empire, tearing apart board members and capos alike to find the traitor. My mother, Elena, stepped back into a world she had fled to protect me, her sharp mind helping Nathaniel untangle the corporate sabotage the Morettis were attempting to pull off by leveraging his shell companies.
