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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

He relaxed visibly. ‘Don’t worry, Donald. I not only appreciate her, I depend on her in a lot of ways.’

Donna smiled sadly. Georgio depended on her. There it was, that word again. But this time at least, it didn’t frighten her so much.

Donald Lewis not only frightened her, he positively terrified her, but she kept on smiling and chatting to him, knowing that her husband’s stay in prison depended on this man’s goodwill.

As small and amiable as Lewis seemed at this moment, she could see the latent violence of his nature in the pointed way he talked to Georgio.

She was shocked at her husband’s obvious subservience in the presence of this man, and it made her all the more determined to get him out - and fast. Five minutes of Donald Lewis was wearing enough. What must it be like to have him watching over you day in and day out? Lewis was capable of murder, and she recognised that he was also capable of great charm.

The combination of the two was more frightening than anything.

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-One

‘Lewis is a terrifying guy, love. Believe me, I’ve had a few run ins with him myself over the years.’

Donna looked out of the car window, half-enjoying the changing scenery.

‘Well, he frightened me, I know that much. There’s a sort of pent-up menace about him, as if at any moment he could attack.’

Alan laughed loudly. ‘That’s the understatement of the year, Donna. I could introduce you to a bloke in Soho who had what’s called in the trade “facial scalping”. No ears, no nose, the bare minimum of eyelids. That’s what happens when you upset Donald Lewis.’

Donna blanched. ‘You’re joking!’ Her voice was small, breathless.

Alan realised that what he had said would only make her more concerned for her husband. He flicked a glance at her, and seeing the strained white of her face, felt like kicking himself.

‘No, I’m not joking. But don’t worry, Georgio won’t get anything like that from Lewis. I can guarantee it.’

‘And how can you guarantee it?’

Alan lightened his voice. ‘Because the bloke it happened to was one of Lewis’s amours, that’s why. And he made the mistake of taking on a little friend. Lewis didn’t like that. He owns his boyfriends, you see; they’re his property. Especially when he’s laid out a small fortune on setting them up in a flat and playing at mums and dads, know what I mean? If he was going to hurt Georgio it would be done in a much more civilised way. He’d just have him killed.’

‘Well, that’s made me feel a whole lot better, I must say! Thank you very much, Alan, I really needed that today.’