April glanced around them and even though the handful of men that remained seemed to be engaging in their own conversations, they were speaking lowly enough to be able to overhear what she and her father said. Her only ally was gone by Cesare's command, so there was no one to bail her out. As much as she was beginning to like Rolfo, she was under no impression that he would disobey her father. Her father was the last person who would want to harm her, after all. She continued to glance around the wide tiled area at the top of the stairs that led to the front doors. Getting there would be a hassle and as little as she wanted to talk to her father, she did not want to embarrass him in front of his colleagues, either. She knew from the grapevine that there were a few people in the family that
