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‘Dara, I don’t knohat is going on with you You’ve been avoiding some of my phone calls while I ay Even when I specifically called when I knew you’d be finished ork And todayby yourself for hours at a time With no reasonable explanation—’

‘You had your driver keeping tabs on me?’ Dara was incredulous

‘I wasn’t going to pay it any attention, because I trust you But da from me and I want to knohat it is Now’

‘What do you think? That I’ on you?’

Leo crossed his ar fire ‘I’d like to think I know you better than that’

Dara placed her hands on her hips ‘Well, it sounds like you’re accusingI’m entitled to some level of privacy Just because we’re married, it doesn’t oodness’ sake’

She ently to her wrist

‘Dara’

His voice was quiet, and soic She knew she was behaving out of character And that he must be concerned He had flown for almost twenty-four hours to co at hi if she was okay

The realisation brought even more tears

‘I’m sorry’

She sat down heavily on the sofa, hiding her face in her hands She felt hiside her and envelop her as she sat there trying toapart

‘I’ve been going to the orphanage in Syracuse,’ she admitted ‘It started as a simple project to update their facilities But then it becamemore’

Leo sat silently, watching her reveal her secrets

‘I was there one day, helping to choose wallpaper for the coht up to rabbed my hand The other children had avoided n accent and a fancy suit I was unapproachable’ She srabbed on to s He had drawn a picture of a house by the sea He gave it to ain So I did’

Leo re her ‘Why do you feel the need to hide all this? It’s charitable work’

‘Don’t you see? It’s not work to me I want to be there It makes me happy to be there with all the children But most of all with Luca’