Chapter 5 - The Gilded Cage
I tried to open the car door, but it was locked from the driver's panel.
Alessandro told me I was never going back to that cheap apartment.
He said the mother of his heir would live under his protection.
The limousine pulled into an underground garage beneath a towering skyscraper.
He escorted me up a private elevator to a massive, glittering penthouse.
He ordered me to rest while he took a business call in his office.
I was left alone in a living room made of glass and marble.
I wandered quietly down the hall and peeked into his open office door.
Alessandro was facing the window, speaking rapidly in Italian on his phone.
I looked down at his massive oak desk.
A framed photograph was sitting near his computer monitor.
I gasped softly and covered my mouth to muffle the sound.
The picture showed my parents smiling brightly.
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They were standing shoulder to shoulder with Alessandro's late father.
The date stamped on the bottom of the photo was the exact day my parents died.
