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She stared over the black sea to where ither eyes, which seeenerations of Dorsetts haven't exactly set virtuous standards"

"Your mother's name was Irene"

Maeve nodded silently

"How did she die?" Pitt asked gently

"She would have eventually died, brokenhearted from the abuse heaped upon her by thethe cliffs with my father, she slipped and fell to her death in the surf below" An expression of hatred became etched on her delicate face "He pushed her," she said coldly "My father pushed her to her death as sure as there are stars in the universe"

Pitt held her tightly and felt her shudder "Tellthe subject

The look of hatred faded, and her features becaain "Not much to tell I was never very close to either of the she wanted, she si Of the three, Deirdre was Daddy's little girl He lavished uess because they were kindred spirits Deirdre lives in a fantasy world created by her own deceit She can't tell the truth even when there is no reason to lie"

"Has she ever married?"

"Once, to a professional soccer player who thought he was going to live out his life as a member of the jet set with his own set of toys Unfortunately for him, when he wanted a divorce and deet, he conveniently fell off one of the family yachts His body was never found"

"It doesn't pay to accept invitations to go sailing with the Dorsetts," Pitt said caustically

"I'm afraid to think about all the people Father has eliination"

"And Boudicca?"

"I never really knew her," she said distantly "Boudicca is eleven years older than me Soon after I was born, Daddy enrolled her in an exclusive boarding school, or so I was always told It sounds odd to say er to me I was nearly ten years old when I met her for the first time All I really know about her is that she has a passion for handso men Daddy isn't pleased, but he does little to stop her fro around"

"She's one strong lady"

"I saw hera drunken rae"