Tommy’s office goes still after the knock. The ledger lies open, the red routing mark clear, and the torn page catches the light like a wound.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
Come in. Now.
The door opens. Maurice Delaro stands there with two Rinaldi men behind him, one hand near his jacket, eyes flicking to the desk and the faces around it.
Victoria "Vicky" Capozzi
You picked a bad room to lie in, Maurice.
Joseph "Joey" Capozzi
Tell us who opened the gate for you, and maybe you walk out breathing.
Maurice Delaro
They know. He is here too. Too many of them.
Tommy slides the access-code list across the desk and turns the ledger page fully toward Delaro. The torn edge and matching route mark make the betrayal plain.
Vincenzo "Vinny" Capozzi
One chance, Delaro. Name the traitor, or I start with your teeth.
Maurice Delaro
You want the truth? It was someone inside this family. I only moved the crates.
The Rinaldi men tense, but neither side commits. Every eye shifts to Don, waiting for the final call that decides who leaves the office and who gets dragged out.
“Capozzis dont betray eachother, stoo lying and tell the truth before Joey gets hungry.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Don lets the silence stretch, and the room bends around it.
Donatello "Don" Capozzi
Capozzis do not betray each other. Stop lying, and tell the truth before Joey gets hungry.
Delaro’s face drains. The two Rinaldi men trade one hard glance, and that is answer enough.
Maurice Delaro
Fine. It was Tommy’s clerk, Nardo. He took the cash, passed the route, and swore the family would never trace it back.
Tommy’s hand tightens on the ledger. Vinny straightens, ugly satisfaction flashing across him.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
Nardo. Of course it’s Nardo.
Delaro swallows, trapped now by his own words, while the room waits on Don to decide what happens to the name he just bought.
The ledger lay open on Tommy's desk, and the room held its breath.
Maurice Delaro
Nardo set the theft, Nardo fed the lies. I was only the hand he used.
Donatello "Don" Capozzi
Then you broke for nothing.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
We know where the rot starts now.
Vincenzo "Vinny" Capozzi
Good. Let it choke on itself.
Maurice and the Rinaldi men left under Capozzi scrutiny, their value spent and their fear plain. The family stood over the exposed betrayal with cold relief, the ledger no longer a threat but proof of who had to fall. In Tommy's office, the Capozzi name settled back into place, heavier now, but whole.