Shattered Loyalty, A New Beginning Blooms novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: The Recording
I took my hand out of Carlo's.
I did it slowly, one finger at a time.
His smile flickered.
"Livia?"
"Forgive me for what?" I said.
I didn't raise my voice, but the hall was so silent that it carried to the kitchen doors.
Carlo's eyebrows drew together in gentle puzzlement.
"My girl, there's no need..."
"I want to know what I'm being forgiven for." I turned to face the room. "I kept this family's books for eight years. I never took a dime. I never talked to a federal agent in my life. Zio, did I ever take a dime?"
The old man from the produce docks pushed back his chair.
"Never," he said.
His voice rang off the walls.
"Not a nickel, not for the flower fund. I'll swear it on my mother's grave."
A murmur ran through the tables.
Lucio shot to his feet.
"She's lying. She's been hiding, she's working with the government, she stole..."
"Sit down, Lucio," Valentini said from his table, without turning his head.
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