Chapter 6 - The Health Proxy Hides A Second Document
Dominic audited every document processed with the health-care proxy.
One file did not belong.
A voting authorization.
If Luca became medically incapacitated, temporary voting authority over
several Moretti holding companies would shift to a committee.
Vanessa was not on that committee.
Her father was.
Victor Bellini.
A respected Chicago real-estate developer and longtime Moretti business
partner.
Luca read the document twice.
“I never approved this.”
His digital signature appeared on the final page.
Dominic checked the signature platform.
The authorization had been sent to Luca’s tablet at 11:47 p.m.
The same night Luca suffered one of his worst episodes.
Vanessa was with him.
Luca remembered signing medical paperwork while nauseated and exhausted.
He did not remember the voting authorization.
That did not automatically invalidate it.
But it raised serious questions about informed execution.
Victor Bellini denied knowing the document existed.
His attorney provided emails showing Vanessa had asked whether Victor
would “step in for Luca if necessary.”
Victor replied:
ONLY IF LUCA ASKS ME DIRECTLY.
No evidence showed he participated in the suspected scheme.
Vanessa’s plan, if it was a plan, may have used her own father’s name
without his consent.
Luca’s face hardened.
For the first time, Emma saw fear beneath his control.
Not fear of dying.
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Fear of waking up alive while someone else controlled everything bearing
his name.
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