Chapter 53
A Somber DriveFrancesco and Tomaso returned to the car, lowered themselves into the seats while still distracted by their find, and they spent a slow, quiet drive back to Alba. Francesco's hands gripped the wheel with a fierceness borne of regret and suspicion. He couldn't stop thinking about Lidia, hating her, somehow knowing that she must be the cause of all this. He resolved to find her as soon as he made his way back to Alba.
Pulling the car to a stop beside the piazza, Francesco and Tomaso quickly leaped out.
“I'm going to find Lidia,” Francesco declared.
“No, you're not. We're going to the police and report this. And I hope your involvement is no more than the theft of the great jewel of the Piedmont!”
After making a full report to the police, father and son were dism
