Madame Dalloz frowned, her jaw trembling.

“You are just like your mother. Stubborn, carefree and never listens. I had to befriend Roni because that was the only way to get you out of there. The marriage too was the only way to get you out of there. If you stuck to the plan you would never have had to suffer.”

Racheal laughed loudly.

“I would never have suffered? The day I met you was the day I was framed and taken hostage, and you did not even know it.” Racheal said. “If I ...