Chapter 46
Irina didn’t want to continue, knowing the loathing Michael would feel for her once he’d heard everything. But he deserved to know … didn’t he?
She drew in her breath and, as her mind wandered to the past, she continued.
She knew that Mr. Rempart’s threats against her mother weren’t idle. Of course, Magda could claim Jane’s death was an accident, but how would she prove it? It would be her conjecture versus Rempart’s power.
With his ‘proofs’ and his money he could easily influence the police to arrest Magda, prosecute her, and see to it she was imprisoned for many years.
Irina faced William Claude, her chin high. “Why have you told me this now?”
“I’ve decided to give you a choice,” he said. “But first, sit down instead of stomping around like a petulant child!”
Her heart
