Epilogue

As it turned out, the offer from a Chinese tycoon to buy the House of Zangari and move production to Beijing was actually part of an FBI sting operation aimed at shutting down a money-laundering scheme that spanned two continents. The mysterious “Mr. Chu” was actually the cover identity for Special Agent Conor Wu, who normally worked out of the Bureau’s San Francisco office.

Evidence gathered in the investigation revealed that Mariella Zangari was the ringleader of the operation, which had been in place since before Enzo died, though Conor assured Allegra that there was no evidence that her father had been aware of what was going on or complicit in Mariella’s crimes in any way.

Julia, however, was looking at some serious jail time, so she threw her mother under...

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