Roman Holiday by Pamela G. Hobbs

Author:Pamela G. Hobbs [Hobbs, Pamela G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bestseller, series, Kindle unlimited, Family Darama, Family Saga, Romance Suspense, Romantic Suspence
ISBN: 9781781993309
Publisher: Poolbeg Press
Published: 2019-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Caro scratched a few more lines in one of her many notebooks and placed the canvas she’d been studying and cataloguing to one side. She rubbed her eyes and rotated her neck slowly as she shrugged and lowered her aching shoulders. Was she overdoing it? No doubt, but it was so interesting discovering all the treasures hidden on the top floor of the palazzo. She had so much more to do and would never be done in the few weeks running up to Christmas. Which made her think again about the offer she received from the Accademia earlier today.

They wanted her to stay on for another term after New Year and although the evening lectures would be over, she could certainly put in the time here, cataloguing this body of work. After much discussion and dispute, she accepted that it was a job and would be paid, rather well, by the hotel. Caro wasn’t sure if that was Nick’s doing, but Antonio swore they were just going to have to hire someone else and they’d rather it be her. So, decision time. Did she email her college and ask for an extended break and come back after the holidays? She and Toby needed to make that choice together, but with only a week since they moved in to the di Lucas’, he was still finding his feet.

Thank goodness for Mia. She was an absolute delight. Full of fun and mischief, she seemed to bring out a goofy side to Toby, who was often too serious for a boy his age. Mia spoke straight from the heart – a social filter wasn’t something that seemed to be in her repertoire. And that made for some very funny mealtimes. Toby seemed to like the school he was attending with Mia and she was a popular child in her year, so making friends as the new “show and tell” for her class was a breeze.

Marianna was a different story.

Caro couldn’t figure her out at all. Shy and skittish, she rarely offered any conversation, unless she was asked a question directly. Where Mia came from was a mystery. Toni had been social but not nearly as extroverted as his daughter. And Marianna often looked so unhappy. Well, that Caro could understand. But three years on? She must have been heartbroken when Toni died and no amount of time had made her any less introverted.

In fairness, Caro could see how she and Toby’s arrival had thrown her for a loop. Her husband had slept with another woman and in almost the same time frame that he’d got both women pregnant. Christ! it was worse than a very bad soap opera. Surely, in some weird and even creepy way, she and Marianna could become, if not friends, then friendly. They had, after all, rather a lot in common. Both had, literally and figuratively, been screwed by Toni di Luca.

Caro tucked the canvas she’d been studying back in its case and decided there was no time like the present.

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