Dominic's face was filled with pain as he looked at me, and for a moment I almost felt sorry for him. Almost. But then I remembered that this was the man who had destroyed my family, and any sympathy I might have felt disappeared immediately.

"You're right," he said quietly. "I was ruthless back then. I always collected my debts that way C with threats, with violence if necessary. It was just business to me."

His admission made my blood boil. Just business? My parents' lives had ...