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Chapters (52)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. BOOK ONE
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. BOOK TWO
  32. Chapter Twenty-Six
  33. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  34. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  35. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  36. Chapter Thirty
  37. Chapter Thirty-One
  38. Chapter Thirty-Two
  39. Chapter Thirty-Three
  40. Chapter Thirty-Four
  41. Chapter Thirty-Five
  42. Chapter Thirty-Six
  43. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  44. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  45. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  46. BOOK THREE
  47. Chapter Forty
  48. Chapter Forty-One
  49. Chapter Forty-Two
  50. Chapter Forty-Three
  51. Chapter Forty-Four
  52. Epilogue

Donna was pleased to see the jealous look on his face. ‘I rather like it myself.’

Georgio grinned. ‘So does every old lag in here, by the looks of it! You’re beautiful, Donna. I know I never told you that often enough but I always thought it, Donna, I swear.’

She felt her lips trembling as she looked into his face. He was so handsome, this husband of hers.

‘I’m sorry about the other day,’ he went on. ‘You were right in all you said. But I never wanted you to worry, you’ve got to believe that. I always only wanted you to have the best. I was foolish, I know, getting involved with everything. But I never dreamt it would all go sour, not for a moment.’

Donna smiled sadly. ‘I know about Talkto, Georgio, I know about everything.’

He stared into her face. ‘I never actually had anything to do with Talkto . . .’

Donna cut him off. ‘I know that, Stephen explained it all to me. If, and it’s a big if, I am going to help you, Georgio, you must be honest with me.’

He felt his heart lift at her words.

‘I always knew inside that you were not exactly kosher, as you would put it. Over the years I guessed a lot, even if I never actually put my thoughts into words. You’re my husband, and I love you. I’ve always loved you, Georgio. Even after all this.’ She held out her arms in supplication. ‘I still love you.’

Georgio’s eyes were filled with tears. ‘I’ve always loved you, baby, you know that.’

Donna nodded. ‘This Lewis, how much danger are you in from him?’

Georgio shrugged. ‘A lot. As I told you, he wasted Wilson. He owns everyone in here - the screws, the cons, everyone. He sank a lot of money abroad with me, and now he thinks I’ve tucked him up. I tell you, Donna, no one could get me out of here legally. He’s already told me that I have no chance of appeal. He thinks it’s all a big joke. I’ve told him some old cock and bull story about locating his money and paying it back, which is keeping him sweet for the moment, but I’ll never be able to raise the kind of sum he wants. Even if we sold the house and all we own.’

‘Has he really got that much sway?’