Epilogue — What She Really Heard
Epilogue — What She Really Heard
A year later, reporters still wrote about the collapse of the Vitale criminal empire.
Most believed it had happened because of a power struggle.
Some credited anonymous informants.
Others called it luck.
Only four people knew the complete truth.
Vittorio.
Lorenzo.
Elena.
And Clara.
One evening, Clara sat on the porch of the little cottage that Alessandro had legally transferred to Elena after helping her begin a new life. She was drawing with colored pencils when Elena asked,
"What are you making?"
Clara smiled.
"A family."
Elena looked at the picture.
There was a little girl.
A mother.
An older man with white hair.
A smiling guard.
And a tall man holding white roses.
"No princess?" Elena teased.
Clara shook her head.
"We don't need one."
"Why not?"
"Because heroes don't always wear crowns."
She pointed to the tall man.
"Sometimes they just listen."
Elena hugged her daughter tightly.
In the end, the jewels that everyone thought had been stolen were recovered.
The fortune that so many people had been willing to kill for was returned.
But the greatest treasure had never been diamonds.
It was the courage of a frightened little girl who chose to tell the truth...
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...and the willingness of one powerful man to believe her before it was too late.
THE END
