New Arrivals: One Secret Child. Линда Гуднайт

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      ‘I don’t know how you can ever bear leaving this place,’ she remarked, her heart quietly thudding. ‘It’s like paradise on earth.’

      ‘For a long time I couldn’t see it that way. But lately I’ve begun to see how lucky I am being able to have a home here.’

      ‘Is this where you’re from? Como, I mean? ‘

      He let go of her hand.

      ‘No. I bought this house because my mother loved Como and had a home here. When I was young she always fantasised about living here one day…but the truth is that she was a very simple and contented soul, and would have been happy anywhere as long as she knew I was happy.’

      ‘She sounds wonderful.’

      Dante smiled. ‘She was.’

      ‘So where were you raised, if not here?’ Anna prompted him gently.