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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

‘Everyone keeps telling me I should take over where Georgio left off. But I don’t think I’m cut out for all that . . .’

Carol waved a hand at her. ‘No one knows what they’re capable of until they try. Your trouble is you never had to do a day’s collar in your life. Well, now you can have a go. Might find you surprise yourself. I mean, do you honestly want to spend the next twelve months looking at this house, as nice as it is? You’ll soon go stir crazy. I’ll expect you at the car lot tomorrow morning at nine. Then, once you’ve had a look-see, I’d advise you to get on to a few of the building sites, show your face like. Georgio will be much happier finding out the state of play from the horse’s mouth. Think about that. You could run everything through him. If I know Georgio, he’ll want someone he can trust in the driving seat.’

Donna looked into the face opposite hers. It was a harsh face, yet at this moment Donna was also seeing it as a kind face.

‘I’ll see you in the morning then.’

With those few words, Donna immediately felt better. The decision had been made. She would look into the businesses. Georgio would be proud of her. At the end of the day, that was the important thing.

She would do anything for Georgio, and as everyone kept saying, he would feel much better if he had someone he could trust in the driving seat.

A decision, once made, makes everything seem much easier. For the first time in days Donna felt a stirring of life inside her. She would work for Georgio until his appeal was over. Then, when he got home, she could go back to being just plain Donna Brunos, wife.

Her biggest regret was that she couldn’t add the accolade of mother.

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

Georgio stood under the cold water of the shower, and rubbed his body vigorously with a sliver of dark green soap. He gritted his teeth together in an effort to force away the goose pimples covering the whole of his skin. The white tiles were cracked and broken, the small crevices between them black from years of dirt and neglect. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and imagined that he was in his ensuite bathroom at home. He would leap out of bed for a hot shower, then downstairs to Dolly for coffee and croissants. If he told the blokes in here what he ate for breakfast they would assume he was a shirtlifter, a homosexual.