The Mafia Boss Thought A Maid’s Daughter Was Just A Poor Child — Until Her Old Doll Exposed The Crime That Haunted Him For Years.

PART 11

The lead federal investigator approached Weston. The ballroom understood before the handcuffs appeared.

Priya moved forward. “No.”

“I told you my records were part of the agreement.”

Silas Bram stepped beside him, already restrained. “You could have left yourself out of the files.”

“Then nothing would have changed.”

“I am giving back what never should have been mine,” Weston told Priya.

The agent allowed him one minute. He removed Nadia’s small silver locket from his pocket and placed it in Priya’s hand.

“Give this to Wren. Tell her Nadia would have liked the sunflower garden.”

“What should I tell her about you?”

“Tell her I am trying to become someone she does not have to be afraid to draw in her pictures.”

“When you come back, tell her yourself,” Priya said, stepping closer. “I am not promising to wait for a fantasy. I am promising that when you have paid what you owe, there will be a door you can knock on.”

Their foreheads touched for one brief second. Then he walked away with the agents.

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The investigations lasted eighteen months. Silas Marchetti was convicted of conspiracy, murder, racketeering, bribery, and obstruction of justice. Genevieve was convicted of conspiracy, evidence tampering, attempted kidnapping, and fraud. Paul Reyes pleaded guilty and testified against both.

Weston surrendered control of Kade Holdings. He pleaded guilty to racketeering, extortion, tax fraud, and conspiracy.

“I spent most of my life believing the harm I prevented justified the harm I caused,” he told the court. “It did not. Fear is not leadership.”

He was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

When deputies led him away, Wren stood on the bench in the second row. “Mr. Weston!” She held up a small flowerpot. A single green sunflower sprout leaned toward the courtroom window. “It grew!”

For the first time in front of cameras, Weston Kade smiled.