Chapter 17
Opulent Bel-Air, California, Nimes Road area. After the death of his father, Benito Proditores, Alec went on a shopping spree his father would not have approved of. He bought the largest estate in the Beverly Hills-Bel Air area for cash, then starting buying up the surrounding estates to wall himself in. The main house, a gilded-age inspired châteauesque villa built decades ago, was over ninety-thousand square feet of living space. The spaces included indoor swimming pool, movie theater, media room, bowling alley, technology room, gymnasium, and more.
The four-story estate, known as La Bacara, was built in phases starting in 1925. During construction, a brick kiln was built on the property to produce thousands of bricks per day. Limestone, marble, and granite were imported fro
