The colour left Laura's eyes the moment the words managed to register in her head. 'Freddie never came here?' she couldn't believe it. The neighbours were just next door—a stone's throw from old lady Theresa's house, so what did they mean he never came by?
'Where was he?'
Her voice came out shakily. "Then where is he?" she asked Mrs Jules as if it wasn't already a dead giveaway that something had happened to him. Her mind went to horrible possibilities and all at once she felt the world go dark around her.
Had Leonardo taken him the same night he'd taken her?
Was that why he never bothered to come after her while she was with Nicholas? He knew she'd come back either way.
Her eyes narrowed almost spitefully.
No, Leonardo was not cunning enough for such a scheme. He was the type to us
