Semua Bab Imprisoned by the Don I Called Mine: Bab 21 - Bab 24

Isabella’s POVNew York City. Manhattan.The city's neon lights still flickered, a tireless monster devouring everyone's desires.Our car stopped under the Brooklyn Bridge."Isabella, the road ahead is blocked," Sofia said, her expression grim as she looked out the window. "It's Vitale's men. They've set up a checkpoint on the only road to the Commission headquarters."Through the window, I saw men in black trench coats standing in the rain, holding submachine guns, checking every car."They don't want me to testify," I said coldly.If I was a no-show, they could pin everything on me, paint Lorenzo as a fool, and save the Vitale family's honor.A neat little plan."Should we ram through?" Mama R's fingers tapped the steering wheel, her eyes sharp as a hawk's."No."I put my hand on hers."That would just prove their point. We're witnesses, not thugs."I took out my phone and dialed a number I hadn't used in years.It was the last card Nonna had left me—an old, retired Godmother who was

Isabella’s POV"Lorenzo Romano is hereby stripped of the title of Don and is declared Excommunicado."The inquisitor's gavel fell with a heavy thud.It was the sound of his social death.In this world, Excommunicado meant he lost all protection. Any member of any family could kill him without consequence. He was now a rat to be hunted.The old Don sat on the dais, clutching his chest, his face gray. He didn't look at Lorenzo once. With a trembling hand, he announced to the room, "I have no son."In that moment, the light in Lorenzo's eyes died completely.He was dragged out by a couple of enforcers.Tossed like a dead dog into the rain outside the courthouse.His suit was torn, his face covered in mud and blood.The once-untouchable king of New York was now garbage that everyone despised.I walked out of the courthouse and opened a black umbrella.The rain was heavy, washing over this filthy city.A pair of black high heels stopped in front of Lorenzo.He struggled to lift his head, lo