Chapter 26

"I am sorry to intrude at a time like this is, however, Antonia sent me here to deliver a message. Most of it, you already know, because she said it in this room, and I will not repeat it. If you still want her to go to Italy and pursue her education that is fine with her. If not, that is also fine. You owe her nothing, and she feels the same way about you. She no longer requires my services; more precisely she does not want them, because they remind her of being trapped in the convent.

She said if I go to Italy, it is only because I am going there to visit my parents, and not to protect her. She does not wish to see me anywhere near her, because it will remind her of her confinement. She will not see you; if you want, you can call her. That was the only concession I was able to get from her. What do you want me to do, boss? I have her at my house, and my mother is keeping her busy while I am talking with you. She is eighteen, and legally, she can do and go wherever she w