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I frantically clicked my mouse to refresh the screen.

The balance was still 3017 euros.

This can’t be right – it CAN’T be!

I checked the transactions record and found the source of my nightmare:

Five minutes ago, there had been a wire transfer of 2.3 million euros to Arbor Retail LLC.

“WHO THE FUCK IS ARBOR RETAIL LLC?!” I shouted at the screen.

I was about to pick up my phone and yell at my bank –

When I got a sick feeling in my stomach.

No.

No, that’s impossible…

I opened my online account with another bank –

And nearly vomited.

The balance was almost zero…

And a wire transfer had just taken place: 4.6 million euros to Seaside Limited LLC.

I opened account after account –

And every single one of them had been drained, with wire transfers to companies I had never heard of.

The only accounts thathadn’tbeentouched were crypto accounts I’d opened in the last six months – but they only held about 5 million euros worth of Bitcoin total.

I sat there in stunned disbelief.

I didn’t knowhowhe had done it, but I knew who was responsible:

The same man who had tried to kill Massimo and Dario had picked our pocket to the tune of 28 million euros.

Uncle Fausto.

6

“HOW IS THIS EVEN FUCKINGPOSSIBLE?!”Niccolo roared.

Niccolo, Dario, and I were in a windowless storage room in the interior of the house. Adriano and the women were still in the safe room as we awaited Lars’s return.

My twin was being his usual theatrical self.

Dario’s reaction was worse: he just stared at me in silent disbelief.

“I called one of the banks,” I said calmly, though I felt anything but. “They informed me that once the wire transfer went through, there was no getting the money bank.

“When I said I hadn’t authorized the transfer, they checked the records and said the manager who sent the transfer checked off a box saying Ididauthorize it. When I demanded to speak to the manager, they found out he had left the branch a few minutes after the transaction.

“My theory is that Fausto bribed, threatened, or blackmailed people at every single bank to do the wire transfers.”

“How is that even possible?” Dario asked. “Don’t they need your permission?”

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