Chapter 7 - Victor Bellini Turns Against His Daughter
Victor came to the mansion voluntarily.
He looked twenty years older than he had at dinner.
Vanessa refused to see him.
Victor sat with Luca, Dominic, and investigators.
He explained that Vanessa had always wanted legitimacy inside the
Moretti world.
Not money alone.
Status.
Influence.
A seat at tables where she believed men like Luca and Victor treated her
as decoration.
Victor admitted he contributed to that resentment.
He dismissed her interest in business when she was younger.
Later, when she became involved with Luca, he warned her not to
interfere in Moretti companies.
Vanessa heard that as another command to remain ornamental.
Victor did not excuse her.
He simply described the history.
Then he handed investigators a folder.
Vanessa had sent him financial projections months earlier.
They assumed Luca would be “temporarily unavailable” during a planned
acquisition.
Victor thought she meant Luca would be recovering from a medical
procedure.
There had been no scheduled procedure.
One spreadsheet modeled a transfer of voting authority for ninety days.
During those ninety days, the Bellini-controlled committee could approve
a merger.
The buyer was Northstar Hospitality.
Luca had rejected Northstar’s offer twice.
Why would Vanessa want it approved?
Dominic traced the financing.
A success fee of eighteen million dollars would be paid to a consulting
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company if the merger closed.
The consulting company belonged to Vanessa.
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