#Chapter12
Juliana takes one more look in the mirror, her hair needs a brush before she joins her parents for drinks, and she knows that now that the last of the scum has been sent to hell, her mother, The Contessa is going to be on her in a flash to put the past behind her, and start thinking of a new suitor and marriage.
She sits in front of the bedroom mirror; her green eyes look back at her, as she slowly starts to brush her long dark brown hair. The wind chimes play their melody in the night, the curtains move slightly, and she knows that Paul waits for her in the shadows, to lead her into the light.
Her mind, now set free of its bonds leaves her, and the hands of time turn back rapidly to Venice, 21st February 2009 when she came face to face with Ivan, the Russian, and she was the last person he ever looks at.
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