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"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." - 2 Corinthians 3:17

Italy, March 6th, 2026. 08:55 am

Giovanna Bianchi

RBC Construction

- Yes, Lorenzo, I knew and I supported Giovanna.

- Dad, that's crazy, she became the majority shareholder.

- I know all this Lorenzo and it's the best thing, she needs to protect this empire from your hands, this is all the inheritance of my granddaughters, your daughters.

- I know that, Dad, and who said I wouldn't take care of it for my daughters? And not to mention that Lorena is pregnant, so my son won't be the heir. - I think it's only now that Lorena understands, her smile is gone and there's fury in her eyes.

- Exactly, have you ever heard that mistresses don't have homes? Your son may inherit your share, but of course it will be divided between the girls, in other words, more than half of everything is theirs, you should be happy, after all it's your daughters we're talking about. - I reply and he looks at me angrily.

- Giovanna, this isn't right, you're taking revenge for all these years.

- No, Lorenzo, I'm only doing the right thing. Do you know how many complaints I've received from this person over the last few years, I have a folder full of them, and do you know what it's like not to be able to do anything for our employees? No, you don't, because to you she's a saint, but it's not like that, Lorenzo.

- I...

- Lorena, I want you out of here now and you're not taking anything, any documents, I'm going to personally look at the documents in your office and then Lorenzo will collect your junk.

- You can't do that.

- Not only can I, but I'm doing it. Julio will escort you out. - I say and they look at the door, seeing one of the construction company's security guards standing by to take her away.

- It's not going to stay like this, I'm going to get revenge, write down what I'm telling you. - she says, leaving my office accompanied by Lorenzo.

- Lorenzo, you're staying.

- No, I'm going with Lorena.

- Lorenzo, we have a meeting about the divorce.

- Divorce? Divorce? - he asks, stopping in the middle of the road with Lorena.

- Exactly, we're separating today and the divorce should be finalized in a few months.

- How did you manage that? Did you know about this too, Dad?

- No, my son, I just found out and I'm happy that Giovanna has managed to get rid of you.

- You're my father and you should be on my side.

- Yes, I'm your father, but I don't put my hand on the head of a man who doesn't honor the underwear he wears.

- I'll stay too, to make sure you don't steal anything from my man. - how inconvenient she is

- Lorena, stop being crazy, I can't wait to get rid of you, our relationship is now strictly professional Lorenzo, if you want to talk about the girls, tell my lawyer. I'll meet you in the conference room in ten minutes. - he agrees and leaves the room with the crazy woman.

- Giovanna, I'm speechless at what I've seen today.

- Do you think I was childish? Why could I have done all this with just the two of us?

- Don't worry, you did the right thing. My son needed a reality check and what you did today wasn't just about them, it was a relief for all the staff. I'll tell you something, a year or so ago, one of the longest-serving employees resigned, didn't he?

- Yes, Fellipo, from marketing. He was excellent, the head of marketing.

- Yes, he came to me and said he was quitting, he trained his successor for months, so as not to let the construction company down, he left because Lorena mistreated him and made homophobic comments against him.

- And he didn't report it?

- No, Fellipo was afraid you wouldn't believe him.

- He should have spoken to me, surely I would have believed him.

- But at the time you couldn't do anything about it, in other companies this would lead to dismissal for cause, but here where she was the heiress, even of a small part, she couldn't be fired.

- I really couldn't fire her, but I would give him my full support in the complaint and if necessary I would testify against her.

- He didn't know that, but now it's all settled, Fellipo is loving his early retirement, and he's traveling with his husband.

- I'm glad it all worked out in the end.

- Yes, this divorce business is real?

- Yes, it is!

- Let me know how it goes, I have to go, I'm supposed to pick up Branca from the lab and then pick up the twins from school, they're excited about their final year and the chance to go to college in Germany.