Chapter Seventy One

‘Little fucking bitch.’ His father spoke in English as he stepped forward and slapped her hard across the face, ‘I should have you whipped for that.’ He snarled but Massimo lifted her over his shoulder, ‘No, padre, ha sofferto abbastanza per causa nostra. Non è giusto biasimarla per le trasgressioni dei suoi genitori, lei nemmeno le conosceva, aveva pochi mesi quando fu portata in Inghilterra. Non ti permetterò di farle ulteriormente del male.’ [No father, she has suffered enough at our hands. It is not fair to blame her for her parent's transgressions, she did not even know them, she was a few months old when she was taken to England.