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“Stop, please He’s not co here Frank’s out ofin her sto at And that his suspicions had basis only increased her shaot here that Gio ealthy I don’t care whether you believe that or not,” she pushed on, when she sensed he would interrupt again Blasted man! “I was just happy to know that I had family That I wasn’t alone…”

How could she make him understand how lonely she had been after Nonni’s death? How much Frank had played on that loneliness?

Or what Gio’s affection, his kindness meant to her “And, yes, I’ll even admit that if Frank had learned that Giovanni Vito is Vito Automobiles, he probably would’ve—” she forced herself to say the horrible words “—married me and sealed off the deal so that he could suck the blood and marrow out of Gio”

She shivered violently Raphael silently draped another plush towel around her shoulders

Pia thanked hi like ash in herfrom this man

“I need details about this Frank person”

She nodded “Will you leave me alone then?”

“What Giovanni did—”

“The ave me, it’s a loan I didn’t take a dollar le cent” She pulled her towel snug around her chest “Your relationship with Gio, his affection for you, that’s the only reason I told you You and I have nothing to do with each other, Mr Mastrantino”

She rong

Whether she was Gio’s granddaughter or not, whether she was disconcertingly naive or a cunning con wo to be his problem