Chapter 7

Three months after I left, Luca discovered who I really was. Not from me. Not from my father. From the Wall Street Journal. The headline hit like a grenade: "Calabresi Empire Names Heir Apparent: Isabella Calabresi Returns to Lead Eastern Operations." The article detailed everything—my lineage, my education, my early career within the family before my "sabbatical." It described the Calabresi empire's scope: shipping, private security, media holdings, real estate across twelve states. Net...