42
CONNOR
The answer came to me during the night. I phoned Edward the next morning.
“You can tell them I’ll give them what they want.”
“That’s a wise decision, son.” Edward sounded relieved.
“Two weeks, Edward. We need two weeks to take care of our business here.”
“I don’t think that will be a problem.”
“See that it’s not.”
“We’re going to Rome,” I told Lynne. “We’ll be safe there for the next few weeks. We’ll take only what is absolutely necessary.”
She shook her head. “I can’t do this,” she said.
“We have no choice,” I argued. “These people are killers. I’ll not allow them to take our baby from us the way Sarah and I were taken from our mum. I’ll not let them take you from me, no matter what I have to do.”
I took our passports from the drawer and tucked them into my coat pocke
