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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

Stephen looked into Alan’s eyes and said seriously, ‘She’s tried to push her way into my businesses, and I can tell you now, Alan, no one, but no one, does that. Even Georgio didn’t ask me what I was doing. She could cause everyone so much trouble if she wanted to. If she got arrested she’d be singing her little heart out before they’d finished cautioning her. Think about that the next time you have any dealings with her. She is unreliable and she is a woman. The two go hand in hand. I wouldn’t trust any woman, but her less than any of them. She is dangerous, very dangerous, and my brother can’t see that.’

‘Your brother loves his wife very much.’

Stephen sniggered. ‘Oh he does, does he? We’ll see about that, Alan. Donna Brunos has got a short sharp shock coming to her, and I can’t wait to see her face when she finds out exactly what it is.’

He glanced at his watch. ‘I’d better make my way over to her. The police should be long gone by now and I have to play the dutiful brother.’ He sneered again. ‘But I’ll have me day with her. If you only knew the half of it!’

He laughed, but it was a hollow sound. ‘Beasting? Georgio? Now I’ve heard everything!’

Alan let him out and went over everything that Stephen had said in his mind.

Why did he hate Donna so much? What was the real cause of it? And what could Stephen possibly know that could harm her so much? The two questions lingered in his mind, even as he picked up the phone to find out all he could about Danny Kilbride and Donald Lewis.

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Four

Bunty’s face was a picture. In spite of his fear, Harry was enjoying her discomfiture.

‘That woman could inadvertently blow the lot of us out of the water. Can’t we do anything?’ she whined.

Stephen yawned behind his hand. He had never liked Bunty; he cared for her even less than he did Donna.

‘We need to keep calm, Bunty,’ he told her now. ‘I’m going out to Sri Lanka tomorrow, and I’ll sort everything out when I get there. Once this little lot is over, things can go back to normal again. We’re all making a lot of money, you two especially. Georgio’s money is being banked for him. Stop worrying! It was a fright, but it’s over.’