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Chapter 16

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Kat POV

I didn’t go back to Mother’s house. The thought of seeing that terrifying woman in a rage after learning that her favourite prostitute had run away sent a shiver down my spine. The events of the evening spiralled in my mind, and I knew that I wouldn’t be able to sleep anyway.

I changed into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that Giulia had left in Fabio’s apartment, using a hairpin to clip the waistband tighter so that the pants wouldn’t fall down around my ankles as I walked.

“The last thing I have left of her,” I sighed, running my hand over the slightly baggy shirt.

I glanced around Fabio’s flat before I closed and locked the door behind me, pocketing the key. The flat was Castello’s property, so I would have to give the key back to Enzo when I had managed to sell the furniture - not that I was in a hurry to see the man again.

In fact, if Fabio and Giulia hadn’t needed the money desperately, I would have told each piece off at leisure, just to inconvenience Enzo.

I sighed a
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