Chapter 21. Emotions

Anna arrived at the apartment and went straight to the bedroom of the man she loved, to see Allister. Suddenly, she sensed that something was wrong, even though there were no indicators. The apartment was dark, only the dim light of the lamp in the boss's room, with the door open, had any light. Anna thought that this was a good moment to flee. There was no sign of the men in black suits, and not even of the servants. But she was no coward. She couldn't abandon the man she loved in this shameful way, and she forced herself to go down the corridor and into the bedroom, where a nurse was asleep in the chair next to Allister, with a magazine lying at her feet.

  Anna approached, picked up the magazine that had probably slipped out of the nurse's hand, placed it on the medicine table and ran her hand gently over Allister's face.

    “I'd do anything for you, my love, but I feel I won't have the strength to deal with your son's anger. It's more than I can bear.