Chapter 170. It Was a Pleasure Meeting Her

Amanda topped up his glass and smiled at him. He nodded in thanks and reestablished eye contact to encourage her to carry on.

“I knew her after that.” Amanda continued. “I knew her in New York City. She was passing off as a regular person very easily. She was also the hardest to find. The other girls found ways to let themselves be known including writing the very dangerous piece of literature that you had in your possession. The one very obviously titled the Girls of the Rose,” she chuckled. “The other took to painting which she was very good at and made a name for herself in the American underworld. As you may have known, she hid messages in her paintings that only members of the Del Rosa would have known but things took a different route when more people got in the know. Those are two different stories though because in your mother’s case she did not want to be found. She wanted to live as a normal American and raise her child, that’s you, in peace. When we did find her, it