The fallout from the Commission meeting was immediate and brutal.
Within twenty-four hours, Sal Castellano had pulled his family's support from three joint operations. Businesses we'd been running together suddenly had funding issues. Suppliers we'd shared access to were now exclusive to the Castellanos. He was systematically dismantling the cooperation we'd built, making it clear that if he couldn't control the Commission, he'd undermine it.
"He's making a statement," Marcus said during our emergency strategy meeting. "Showing the other families that opposing him has consequences."
"Then we make a counter-statement," Dante replied, studying a map of the city. "Every territory he tries to claim, we claim first. Every supplier he tries to monopolize, we outbid. We show him that the Morettis don't bow to pressure."
