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Our family company was more than just a business; it was the backbone of our entire organization.
It provided us with a major source of funding that allowed us to maintain our influence and power in the criminal underworld.
Losing control of the company would be a devastating blow, not just to me but to the entire family.
Before he passed away, my father entrusted the company to me in his will, and as a result, I could keep the company out of Francisco’s hands.
While he had the mafia, I had the company. Francisco couldn't get rid of me entirely or push me too hard for fear that I might decide not to fund the mafia family anymore.
In the same way, I could not make any obvious moves against Francisco because he had the mafia in his hands.
We could only resort to underhand tricks instead while pretending to be cordial on the outside.
It was a delicate balance that I had been walking on for months as if on thin ice.
However, that didn't stop him from trying other tactics. Sending women to get close to me, hoping to drug or manipulate me into signing over the company, was just one of the many schemes he had attempted.
The worst part was that some of these women had seemed genuine, making it even harder to trust anyone who came into my life.
The memory of one particular incident haunted me. Francisco sent a woman named Isabeau a few years ago to seduce me.
She had been charming and beautiful, and I had fallen for her, but I discovered her true intentions just as we got close.
She had been sent to drug and seduce me into signing the papers that would transfer the company to Francisco.
Fortunately, I had discovered her true intentions before it was too late. I had confronted her, and she had confessed everything.
I had let her go, warning her never to show her face again, but the experience had left me wary and distrusting.
And now, with Sophia, the fear of history repeating itself was ever-present.
I didn't know if she had been sent by Francisco, but I couldn't afford to take any chances.
I wanted to trust her, to believe that she was innocent and had no knowledge of the dangerous game I was a part of.
But I couldn't ignore the evidence before me – her ID card, the possible witness to a crime that could bring down my entire world.
“I’ll go and hand over her purse. We managed to track her location in the police database. I’ll inform you on how it goes.Devo andare ora.”(I have to go now.)
I nodded, still stuck in my thoughts.
“What do you want me to do?” Antonio asked me after Leo left.
I exhaled and leaned back in my seat.
"Antonio, I need you to dig up everything you can on Sophia," I said, my voice firm and determined.
"I want to know every detail of her past, every connection she has, and if there's any link to my uncle Francisco."
Antonio nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation. "Consider it done, Matteo. I'll leave no stone unturned."
I watched as he left the room, leaving me alone with my thoughts.
As I waited for Antonio's findings, I couldn't help but replay every moment I had spent with Sophia in my mind.
She had seemed genuine, and I had found myself drawn to her in a way I hadn't expected.
But the fear of being deceived again, of falling into my uncle's trap, was ever-present.
