Dangerous Games by Gillian Godden

Author:Gillian Godden [Godden, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-05-14T23:00:00+00:00

MIRIAM

The vineyard operation was now a multi-million-pound business. It supplied all the major supermarkets, restaurants, and professional wine sellers.

Miriam wanted for nothing; she had an excellent team of loyal workers and managers running the business. Fredo had died two years ago. He had a massive heart attack one day, and it had all been over so suddenly, they hadn’t had a chance to call the ambulance. Since then, she had shared the house with Rosanna, who had first been her maid, then her companion, and now was a dear and trusted friend.

Miriam had everything she needed and more, but money couldn’t buy family. There were days she felt she had everything, and yet had nothing.

For eighteen years she had done her very best to find out some kind of news about Annette and Antonias, but there had been nothing. Annette had covered her tracks well. Private detectives had been hired, against Fredo’s wishes; he thought it would seem as though Miriam was hounding them in their new life. But she needed to know if they were both okay. She still felt part of what had happened that night had been her fault.

Time and time again, she had cursed herself for not giving Annette all the money she had wanted. What did it matter now? But Miriam had been stubborn and felt bitter when she had realised Annette had been prepared to sell her own son, for financial gain.

Antonias was her only grandchild and she wasn’t prepared to wash her hands of him; he was out there, somewhere. He would be a man now, in his twenties. Since Marias and Fredo were both dead, all of this now belonged to Antonias. Before she died, herself, she wanted to see him one more time.

Each Christmas and birthday, Miriam had bought Antonias a present and put it in his bedroom. It was to give herself hope that one day Annette would come back, with Antonias.

In the end, Fredo, had stopped her obsession, there was no point to it.

‘If it makes you feel better, Miriam,’ he said, ‘just put the money that you would spend on his presents into a bank account for him. He is all grown up now, what does he want with toys?’

So that was what she had done, because if you didn’t have hope, you didn’t have anything. Besides, it salved her conscience.

Each day, she would visit the little church she had married Fredo in. It was part of the vineyard, dating back to when it had just been a farm and the workers would visit every Sunday to pray. It was a special place. She always lit a candle and prayed, and asked God to keep Antonias safe, wherever he was.

Time and time again she had cursed herself for not understanding Annette better. She feared she would never have peace of mind.

As Miriam sat in her lounge, resting, she heard a car pull up outside the house. That was very unusual; people normally went to the factory or the offices to discuss business.

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