"Because he has someone inside your organization."
Lorenzo's jaw tightened.
"Gabriel."
Daniel nodded.
"Yes."
Matteo approached.
"We need to move."
Lorenzo took Elena's hand.
"Stay behind me."
But Daniel shook his head.
"No."
He reached into his coat and removed a small metal object.
It was a key.
The same design as the one Elena had found.
Only this one had a different number.
"418."
Lorenzo looked at it.
"What is that?"
"The second archive."
Daniel placed the key in Elena's hand.
"The original ledger is there."
Elena stared at him.
"Why didn't you give it to us before?"
"Because I needed to know whether Lorenzo was still willing to protect it."
Lorenzo looked at him.
"And now?"
Daniel met his eyes.
"Now I know."
A sound echoed from outside.
Doors slamming.
Footsteps.
Matteo raised his hand.
"Move."
***
The escape from the station was not clean.
Lorenzo led Elena and Daniel through a maintenance corridor while Matteo coordinated the security team.
They emerged beside an old loading platform.
A vehicle waited behind a concrete barrier.
Elena helped her father into the back seat.
Lorenzo climbed in after them.
The driver accelerated.
Behind them, headlights appeared between the railway buildings.
Daniel looked through the rear window.
"They're following us."
Lorenzo took out his phone.
"Matteo?"
"Two vehicles behind us."
"Take the northern route."
"Already doing it."
Elena held her father's hand.
He looked exhausted.
"Are you hurt?"
"No."
"Your leg?"
"Old injury."
She looked at the walking stick.
"How long?"
"Since the warehouse."
She swallowed.
"You were alone all those years?"
"Not always."
"Did you think about us?"
Daniel looked at her.
"Every day."
Elena turned toward the window.
She did not know what to do with that answer.
She wanted to believe him.
She also wanted to punish him for everything he had missed.
Lorenzo watched them quietly.
Then his phone rang.
Gabriel.
He answered.
"Yes?"
Gabriel's voice was calm.
"Where are you?"
"Driving."
"With Daniel?"
Lorenzo looked at Elena.
"Why?"
"Because you are making a mistake."
"Which one?"
"Trusting him."
Lorenzo said nothing.
Gabriel continued.
"Adrian is offering you a way out."
"A way out of what?"
"Everything."
Lorenzo looked through the windshield.
"Tell him I'm not interested."
Gabriel sighed.
"You're going to destroy the family over an accountant?"
"No."
Lorenzo's voice became colder.
"I'm going to destroy the lie that kept this family standing."
He ended the call.
Daniel looked at him.
"He's been working with Adrian for years."
"I know."
"Then you should be careful."
Lorenzo gave a small nod.
"That's why I intend to end it tonight."
***
The second archive was hidden beneath an old commercial property owned by a company that had been dissolved years earlier.
The entrance was concealed behind a storage wall.
The key opened a steel cabinet.
Inside were several documents, two hard drives, and the original ledger.
Daniel sat on a wooden crate while Lorenzo examined the files.
Elena stood beside her father.
"What happens now?"
Lorenzo looked at the ledger.
"Now we decide what to do with the truth."
Daniel shook his head.
"Adrian won't let you."
"He doesn't have a choice."
"Everyone has a choice, Lorenzo. That's the problem."
Lorenzo closed the ledger.
"What do you suggest?"
"Give the records to someone who can expose him."
"Someone?"
"A prosecutor."
Lorenzo looked at him.
Daniel continued.
"Not someone on Adrian's payroll. Someone outside the city."
Elena spoke.
"Then we should do it."
Lorenzo looked at her.
"It won't be simple."
"Nothing about this has been simple."
Daniel smiled faintly.
"She's right."
Lorenzo looked between them.
Then he nodded.
"All right."
He called Matteo.
"Arrange a secure meeting with the federal investigators we discussed last year."
Matteo paused.
"Are you certain?"
"Yes."
"That will expose several of our own operations."
"I know."
"Your father's organization—"
"Is not worth protecting at the cost of another innocent family."
Matteo fell silent.
Then he said, "Understood."
Lorenzo ended the call.
Elena looked at him.
"You're willing to expose yourself?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
He looked at Daniel.
"Because someone should have done it eleven years ago."
***
Adrian learned about the archive before sunrise.
He was sitting in his penthouse when Gabriel entered.
"He's found it."
Adrian put down his coffee.
"The ledger?"
"Yes."
"And Daniel?"
"With him."
Adrian stood.
"Then we have a problem."
Gabriel walked toward the window.
"Moretti is planning to give everything to the authorities."
Adrian stared at him.
"Can he do that?"
"He can."
"Then why are you standing here?"
Gabriel turned.
"What do you want me to do?"
Adrian's expression became almost gentle.
"You know what I want."
Gabriel understood.
But he hesitated.
For years, he had told himself that he was helping Adrian because the Moretti family needed stability.
He had convinced himself that Lorenzo was too sentimental to lead.
He had accepted money, influence, and promises.
Now he was being asked to cross a line he could never uncross.
"I won't hurt Elena."
Adrian looked at him.
"Then don't."
"What about Daniel?"
Adrian walked toward the desk.
"Daniel is the reason we're here."
Gabriel shook his head.
"He's an old man."
"He's an old man with the ability to destroy everything."
Adrian picked up his phone.
"Arrange the meeting."
***
At eight that evening, Lorenzo Moretti entered the Grand Astoria Hotel again.
This time, he was not attending a gala.
He had arranged a private meeting in the ballroom.