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The sound of her father’s voice on the phone made her tense in dismay She supposed it would be too elo’s origins ‘What is it?’‘Angelo Riccardi is Fiorella’s son,’ Donald Hamilton announced

Gwenna was perplexed by that statele ‘Sorry, what are you saying?’‘Haven’t you seen today’s big story? Listened to the news? Don’t you realise that your boyfriend is Don Carrandson?’‘Yes, but…this Fiorella lady you hter, but she wasn’t calling herself Riccardi when I knew her I only saw Angelo a couple of times when he was a toddler Fiorella always left him with a babysitter,’ her father inforelo put ot hit by the car?’‘Yes’ Gwenna was finding it hard to catch her breath and her legs were feeling all wonky She backed down into the nearest chair A past connection that close between her faot his mother’s eyes Don’t you see what this e ‘What a very small world we live in?’‘You can’t be that naïve Obviously we have both been set up to take a fall I ditched Angelo’s ood for her after that without herabout?’ she exclaihter and that must have been the ulti with us like a cat with oes in for the kill!’ Donald Hamilton condemned bitterly ‘My recent bad luck is no coincidence Riccardi buys Furnridge and suddenly I’uilty of theft—’‘Use your brain The minute I realised who he was I knew I had to warn you

He’s out to settle scores What is he planning to do to you? I let his ht, I adued fervidly ‘At least I no that the reason I’elo Riccardi caht have a different opinion on that

I’m sorry, I don’t want to continue this conversation’ Gwenna replaced the phone handset on its base with a shaking hand

She could not bear to think about what she had just been told She was afraid that if she did sheher, intending to hurt her all along? Before she could lose her nerve, she went back into his study

‘Was your ht out

Angelo froze as if she had drawn a gun on him’Sì…’ Her tummy perforer for him to tell her otherwise Yet, somewhere in her heart of hearts, she already knew that, for once, her father had been telling the truth ‘Did you know that she had an affair with my father?’‘Santo Cielo—that was hielo could actually see the change in her Her face had a tight, pained aspect and her normally clear eyes were dulled and wary He had a horrible sick sense of inevitability and it paralysed hile line of defence He could still hear Car foolish’ He knew that what he had done was much worse than foolish He had hurt her, and he couldn’t take that hurt back

Gwenna moistened her full lower lip with a nervous flicker of her tongue ‘A o, Dad told ht it was such a silly angsters threatening to kill hielo broke in to demand

She repeated it as well as she could reelo lost colour and stared at her with incredulous dark eyes He swung away then and turned back just as quickly ‘If they stripped her of her money, it would’ve been a deliberate ploy to force her home to her husband If that is the real truth—’‘Dad didn’t knoho you hen he told me He didn’t realise you were her son until the newspapers identified you I think that for once he wasn’t lying but, hey…you go question hi voice, the pain and the anger coo near hi up his hands and brought the movement ‘Just calm down…’‘Did you set out to destroyinto her pal of discomfort spurred her on ‘I deserve an honest answer’ His eyes were very dark and stormy, and he threw up his hands and strode out onto the veranda