The grand foyer glows under a chandelier of warm glass and brass. Nikki stands with Faith at her side while Vincenzo, Donatello, and Luca wait near the staircase, all watching the phone in her hand like it might speak first.
Lucifer "Luca" Capozzi
You brought proof, then. Good. Family should face the truth with open eyes.
Donatello Capozzi
If that device ties this mess together, I want names, leverage, and a clean path forward.
Faith
She stays steady beside Nikki, ready for whatever comes next.
The phone flashes again, hard white light skittering across the marble floor. Vincenzo shifts closer, protective. Donatello does not blink. Luca folds his hands behind his back, almost amused.
Vincenzo Capozzi
Whatever you choose, Nikki, I am not letting anyone corner you in this house again.
Faith
You do not have to carry their life if it costs you yours.
All eyes land on Nikki. In one hand, the flashing phone. In the other, the weight of the Capozzi name. The foyer holds still, waiting for her answer.
“I hand over the phone to Donatello and ask Faith to stay beside me.”
SUCCESS (Good Diplomacy, rolled +0)
Nikki extends the phone across the space between them, and Donatello takes it without a word, his thumb settling over the screen like a seal. The flashing light dies in his hand.
Nichole "Nikki" Capozzi
Faith, stay with me.
Faith
Always.
Faith shifts closer, shoulder to shoulder with Nikki, her presence immediate and steady. Vincenzo eases back a step, giving room instead of taking it.
Donatello Capozzi
Good. Then we do this cleanly.
Lucifer "Luca" Capozzi
The Fallen Angel approves of practical choices.
Donatello lowers the phone and glances once toward the darkened stairwell, already deciding what comes next. Luca’s mouth curls with faint amusement, and for the first time the foyer feels less like a tribunal and more like a family room holding its breath.
The foyer went still as Donatello closed his hand around the phone.
Faith
You did it, Nikki.
Nichole "Nikki" Capozzi
Yeah. It's done.
Vincenzo Capozzi
Then we move carefully, and we move together.
Lucifer "Luca" Capozzi
Smart choice.
Faith stayed at Nikki's side while the men settled into a quieter kind of authority.
Nikki had traded certainty for safety, and the cost sat quietly in her chest. The truth was no longer hers to carry, and the family around her had accepted the bargain. In the hush of the Capozzi foyer, she remained with Faith, bound to this life and finally, for now, at peace.
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