Chapter Seventy Five - Undercover Operation

Elena's voice was steady as she replied, "I was Mr. De Laurentis's personal assistant for five years, up until three months ago." "And why did you leave that position?" Elena's eyes flicked to Dante, who was glaring at her from the defense table. "I left because I could no longer be part of his schemes. The things he was doing... they were wrong." "Could you elaborate on these 'schemes'?" Maria prompted. Over the next hour, Elena laid bare the extent of Dante's manipulations. She described how he had fabricated evidence, bribed officials, and orchestrated the entire smear campaign against Amelia. "He was obsessed with bringing down Ms. Hartwell," Elena testified. "He said she was a threat to his position in the family business. He would stop at nothing to discredit her." The defense attorney tried to undermine Elena's credibility during cross-examination, suggesting she had a grudge against Dante. But Elena remained unshakeable, producing emails, voice recordings, and other docum