Chapter 4 — The Family Turns on Itself
Within days, news spread through Mexico City's business community.
Banks suspended multiple corporate accounts.
Major investors postponed negotiations.
Board members demanded emergency meetings.
Suddenly, the relatives who had laughed during the dinner wanted answers.
One cousin admitted Alonso had ordered fake vendor invoices.
Another executive confessed Evangelina personally approved hidden payments.
Even Alonso's younger brother handed investigators the video he had secretly recorded at the restaurant.
It showed everything.
The kick beneath Renata's chair.
The laughter.
The humiliation.
The recording spread across television and social media.
Public sympathy shifted overnight.
At home, Evangelina confronted her son.
"You promised me she'd never fight back."
Alonso stared at the floor.
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"I thought she loved me too much to leave."
For the first time in years, his mother had no answer.
