Chapter 8 - THE NIGHT THE GALLAGHERS FELL
Dominic escaped before police arrived.
But he didn't leave quietly.
He took several loyal men and attacked the Gallagher warehouse network.
Buildings burned.
Cars exploded.
Accounts were frozen.
For forty-eight hours, Chicago watched the Gallagher empire collapse from the outside.
Inside, Leo refused to run.
“We end this,” he told Tessa.
“How?”
“By making Dominic believe I'm afraid.”
Tessa stared.
“You're going to use yourself as bait?”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“Tessa.”
“No.”
Leo looked at her.
“I spent my entire life letting other people decide what I could survive.”
He touched her cheek.
“I won't let them decide anymore.”
The plan worked.
Dominic contacted Leo.
An abandoned warehouse.
Midnight.
Leo arrived alone.
Or appeared to.
Hidden cameras transmitted everything to federal investigators and Declan's remaining security team.
Dominic stepped from the shadows.
“You really are your father's son.”
Leo looked at him.
“No.”
“Then what are you?”
Leo smiled.
“Someone you underestimated.”
Dominic raised his gun.
“You have no idea how many people want you dead.”
“I know.”
“You think Tessa will save you?”
Leo's expression changed.
Dominic smiled.
“There it is.”
He had found the weakness.
“You love her.”
Leo said nothing.
Dominic continued.
“That's why you'll lose.”
A gunshot echoed.
Leo fell.
Tessa screamed from the hidden van.
But Leo was wearing a protective vest.
He rolled behind cover.
Federal agents stormed the warehouse.
Dominic ran.
He reached the loading dock.
Declan stood there.
Father and nephew faced each other.
“You killed her,” Declan said.
Dominic's expression twisted.
“She was weak.”
Declan's eyes became empty.
“You never understood what strength was.”
Dominic raised his gun.
Declan fired first.
Dominic dropped the weapon and fell to his knees.
Agents surrounded him.
For the first time, the Gallagher empire had no one left to protect its secrets.
Leo walked toward his father.
Declan looked at him.
“It's over.”
Leo nodded.
“No.”
May you like
He looked toward the burning warehouses.
“Now it begins.”
