Chapter Twenty Five

The Manager said as the woman was forced to her knees for the finale and Giovanni replied

‘As long as she makes me some money’

He strode away without a backward glance, Ricci would never see his Mother again.

The little boy's bright intelligence soon surpassed his brothers and their Father took great delight in humiliating them. At meetings and get-togethers, he would parade the little boy like a trophy, picking him up in his huge hands and asking him a question and Ricci always gave the correct answer. Antonio and Frederico, taken off guard, rarely gave the right answers, they were slow and ponderous, taking much longer to work things out they would get angry as the boy would jump in with an answer in seconds. He was never wrong, even when their Father allowed them to set the questions Ricci got them right every time.

They hated the little boy who had it so much easier than they did and they plotted and schemed but their Father kept them away from his favourites by sending them