As frightened as she felt, she could not help enjoying the celebrity treatment. It was a welcome change after all she’d been through. She doubted it would last long.
Flavio led her inside the building. The corridors were dark. As they walked through the facility, their footsteps echoed on the tiled floor. All the offices were empty. Jade only now realized that it was a Sunday, and no one was working.
Flavio stopped at an elevator, entered a code into a keypad, and they rode to the second floor. They exited and Flavio stopped in front of an unmarked door and knocked on it.
“Prego,” a strong voice said, from inside.
As they entered, an elegantly dressed woman stepped around from behind an enormous desk. She had dark hair and a bronzed complexion. She was in her 50s, her smooth face digni
