Donna was deeply asleep in her room at Villa Monforte. She had no idea what was happening on the lower floor of Angelo Messina's mansion, where intrigue and tension were rapidly escalating.
While Donna rested, Francesca, one of the house staff, was in the process of preparing breakfast for the girl. She was carefully arranging the dishes and utensils on the tray when one of Messina's associates entered the kitchen in a hurry, wearing a nervous and tense expression.
Francesca looked at him with concern and asked, “What's going on?”
The associate, clearly disturbed, replied urgently, “I've received direct orders from Messina to take Donna, Ellis Barker's daughter, from here.”
Francesca was taken aback by the sudden news and questioned, “Why? I haven't received any instructions about this
