chapter 28

Cleo

I am too trusting and too forgiving . Especially when it comes to Rosa and everything she has done to me I still choose to forgive . What I cannot get over and believe is what she did to Pio and me . Rosa knew someone in the kitchen staff and I should have known that the suggestion to have some tea and cake as a peace offering was a trap. I've known Carl before I knew Angelo and he has always been the kindest soul I've ever come across. I always went to go get Ruth her lunch at his restaurant and like Nicolai before we found out where his loyalties lay he is like a brother to me . 

The night before I ended in hospital I was fine. I was feeling okay until I woke up feeling all sorts of tired and feverish. The only way I knew Rosa was behind both my son and me ending up on hospital was ; Carlo who told me what happened . Pio and I were being kept for another day to make sure everything was okay and that we were both hea