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People rushed past her, hurrying between one roo incessantly

‘We need a ently in English ‘But it won’t do the boss any harelo was in his study and he was doing so she had never seen hi In spite of the obvious crisis he was staring into space, pale as death beneath his olive skin, his striking bone structure clenched into hard, forbidding lines

Gwenna closed the door behind her ‘Please telllast night as well, but you were deter was okay Where were you? Did soht ‘I had a couple of drinks and then went to the church and lit a candle forto the priest That’s why I was out so late’ Surprise and relief assailed her ‘I could’ve come with you…’‘I needed soht up with me I have to tell you what happened because that information is now in the public domain It’s in the papers, on the TV news, all over the internet’‘It sounds important, but I’m sure that whatever it is can’t be as bad as you seeently, striving to be tactful after his rejection of the suggestion that he ht before

Griry and I’m bitter, but I am not shocked’ Gwenna went the diploreement

‘And to explain, I have to go back a few years When I was eighteen I was called to a lawyer’s office and told who my parents really were My elo volunteered flatly

‘Before she died she had already warned erous man and that if they found out where we lived, they would try to take eburden for a little boy to carry around with him Introduced to that culture of secrecy and fear at a very young age, it was hardly surprising that he had matured into so reserved a character

‘Riccardi is not the naelo continued ‘In fact ed our surnaland because she was afraid of being traced She was running away froelo admitted harshly

‘What heritage?’‘My hter and my father was the son of another crime family’ It took Gwenna thirty seconds to work out what he was telling her and if she was aghast, it was not for the reasons he had expected ‘My word, that old randfather and yet you didn’t trust ht!’‘Per aelo launched at her in an immediate denial ‘He was an evil man and I didn’t know hi’ Gwenna saw that being upset fell into the saelo’s uncoh expectations of hi to acknowledge that he had e he randfather She would have put her arms round him if she hadn’t known that such obvious sympathy would infuriate him

‘You may have despised the person Carmelo Zanetti was, but he was still a close relative and you’ve been on your own virtually since your ently ‘Who your parents were doesn’t h What you are inside is more important’ ‘And where did you pick up that piece of worldly wisdoelo derided

Gwenna stood her ground ‘What you do with your life elo vented a huh ‘Believe it or not, I wanted to be a barrister when I was eighteen Once I found out that my entire faanised crime, I knew there was no way I could pursue such a profession’ Drawn by his bitterness, Gwenna moved closer to him ‘That must have hurt’‘It’s immaterial I had to knoho I was to protect myself I had to be careful who I trusted, who I did business with I swore that everything I did would be legal and above board,’ he breathed in a savage undertone