Chapter 12 - THE LIFE LUCA BUILTLuca had changed too.
Moretti Holdings was now completely legitimate.
Construction.
Restaurants.
Property development.
Logistics.
No weapons.
No criminal partnerships.
No hidden accounts.
No men disappearing in the night.
He had surrendered everything that once made people fear him.
And somehow, he had become more powerful.
Not because people were afraid.
Because they trusted him.
Claire admired that.
She knew how difficult it had been.
The old Luca would have solved problems with intimidation.
The new Luca solved them with contracts, lawyers, patience, and occasionally Margaret's terrifying cooking.
One evening, Claire asked:
"Do you miss who you were?"
Luca looked at Ethan playing on the floor.
"No."
"Not even sometimes?"
"No."
He looked at Claire.
"I thought power meant never needing anyone."
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"And now?"
"Now I think freedom means having people you don't want to lose."
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