Chapter 17 - The Commission's Judgment
By Monday evening, the entire underground hierarchy of New York City was summoned to a secret emergency meeting.
The high-level tribunal took place in a private, subterranean banquet hall beneath a historic bank building on Wall Street.
Representatives from the five major families sat around a massive oval table made of dark, polished mahogany.
At the head of the table sat the Chairman of the Commission, an ancient, ruthless man named Don Salvatore.
Dante entered the grand hall wearing a pristine black suit, holding Sophia firmly by his side as his equal partner.
Behind them walked Vice Admiral Marcus Vance, dressed in his full military uniform, carrying official federal documents.
The mob bosses whispered frantically among themselves as a high-ranking military officer stepped into their secret sanctum.
"What is the meaning of this, Dante?" Don Salvatore demanded, his heavy brows furrowing in deep suspicion.
"You bring a woman and a Navy admiral to a closed Commission meeting?"
"I bring the truth, Salvatore," Dante announced, his deep voice filling the massive stone hall with absolute power.
Sophia stepped forward, placing Matteo Rossi’s original leather ledger squarely in the center of the mahogany table.
"This ledger contains fifty years of legal property ownership held jointly by the Rossi and Moretti families," Sophia stated clearly.
"It proves that the Lucchese family has been illegally skimming millions from dock operations while framing innocent people."
Admiral Vance stepped forward, placing a stack of federal intelligence files beside the leather ledger.
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"And these documents prove that Frankie Lucchese was acting as a federal informant against all five families for ten years," Vance added cold.
The room exploded into pure, unbridled chaos as the mafia bosses turned their fury directly toward the remaining Lucchese captains.
