Secrets on the Italian Island by T.A. Williams

Author:T.A. Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Next morning the weather was still grey and overcast but this didn’t bother Anna too much. The main thing was that the wind had dropped and the sea – at least here on the south coast – looked relatively calm once again. As she would be playing truant from work on Monday to go sailing with Marco, she decided to spend the rest of Sunday – after doing her shopping and moving into the little house – carrying on with her official duties, not least as this would hopefully shorten the time she needed to be with the boss’s daughter.

After breakfast she went to settle her bill and found Loretta at the checkout desk. She thanked her for a wonderful stay, saying how sorry she was to leave but not disclosing where she was going to be staying. Loretta managed to hide any satisfaction she might be feeling at Anna’s departure and wished her a happy onward journey. As Anna went back upstairs to finish packing, she breathed a sigh of relief tempered by a feeling of apprehension at the looming arrival of Ruby.

She drove to the supermarket along roads that were still streaming with water, regularly splashing through minor floods where little streams running down from the hills had turned into raging torrents and had burst their banks. Nevertheless, the road was passable and the supermarket not too busy at nine o’clock on a Sunday morning. She filled a trolley with purchases and took them to Jack’s old stables. With the assistance – if that was the right word – of a very happy, slightly soggy, black dog, she unloaded everything and set about stocking the fridge. It didn’t come as a great surprise to find it already more than half full of cheeses, sliced ham, salami and fruit, and the door shelf packed with bottles of wine, including one of very good champagne. She only just managed to find space for the things she had bought and she remonstrated with Jack who just stood there looking on and smiling unrepentantly. She told him he was invited over for dinner and refused any excuses, although she did promise to make it something light and agreed they would eat early.

She made him a decaf coffee with the swish modern coffee machine and was pleasantly surprised at the very drinkable results. After that she took the dog for a walk, ending up down on the beach where he happily splashed around in the water and cleaned the mud off his undercarriage before Anna had to return him to his master. By noon she was up at Marciana Marina on the north coast. The boat she rented was easy to handle and, although it was considerably slower than the RIB, it was fine for what she had in mind, so she set off westwards, chugging slowly along and studying the coast through her binoculars, protected from the intermittent rain by a rigid canopy above her head. There was still a bit of a swell running but it wasn’t too uncomfortable.

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