The Spaniard's Love-Child (2003) - Plot & Excerpts
She looked close to collapse, which was hardly surprising: ill health, losing a husband and son so recently had already taken its toll. He feared this was one blow too many. ‘I do not want to rest, Raul!’ Aria Carreras cried fretfully, pushing aside the blanket he had pulled across her legs. ‘Do not treat me like a child. My grandchildren have been kidnapped. They are God knows where. Perhaps not even alive…’ Her voice rose to a shrill crescendo before her eyes filled with tears. As he watched her press her shaking hand to her mouth to stifle the whimper of distress that emerged from her trembling lips the skin drawn across Raul’s chiselled features tautened. Right now he might have to accept that he was helpless to ease her pain, but one day, he vowed silently, someone would pay! Aria Carreras succeeded in fighting back the tears. ‘And you ask me to rest…?’ ‘Firstly, we don’t know for certain that the children have been kidnapped…’ ‘But you think they have been?’ his mother accused shrilly.
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