Eavesdropping

Gideon opened up his laptop the minute they pulled from the curb and put his earpiece back in and then turned to look at Amalia.

“Are you okay, sweetheart? I know this must have been painful.”

“It hurt. I won’t lie about it. To think she stayed there because her inheritance was tied to me and Silvestro controls it. Where was the motherly love I was entitled to as a child?” She suddenly found herse