Chapter Forty Four

Alcina asked through gritted teeth,

‘Carlos? Well, you were only about three or four so what else could he do? He ran away taking you with him to protect you. He thought if he lived quietly out of the way Don Giovanni would leave you both alone. Stupid man thought he was safe, he told me, crying for your Mother, I asked him to come to England so I could care for him and he laughed at me. He said he would never betray your Mother so I told Don Giovanni where to find him and the rest you know.’

The old woman sighed she did not know that Carlos had exacted a brutal revenge on Pelligrenni, the real culprit Noa had ‘run away’ as she thought it had been sheer chance that Giovanni’s men had kidnapped them. It had been the Nanny’s fault as she had not told anyone she was meeting her Italian boyfriend, who just happened to be one of Giovanni’s capos. As Giovanni had said, it had all been far too easy for him to get what he wanted. Annabella groaned loudly,

‘Can I have the antidote now this is