It was the best day of her life... until her mother-in-law brought out the wine glass. 😱
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Chapter 17 / 40
Chapter 17 - Consequences
Bernardo slowly bowed his head, unable to meet her gaze. He looked at the stone floor. And that silent gesture of shame was his answer. He knew, and he had done nothing.
"That also has consequences," Valentina said softly.
Her voice carried no malice, only the cold, hard truth of cause and effect. She turned slightly, looking back toward the phone still gripped in her hand.
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"Dad," she said into the receiver, having never hung up the call. "You can do what you need to do now."
With that quiet authorization, she sealed the fate of the Cabrales empire. She hung up the phone and looked back at Bernardo. He didn't know who she was speaking to, but the shift in the air around her was palpable, like the sudden drop in pressure before a severe storm.
