Matteo was allowed back over the following weekend. Maria came in with the gossip and coffee on Sunday morning. It had been a nice break with him and his crew on lockdown. Maria had no idea where Matteo had been taken and it seemed unlikely he was flown back to Italy, then to school in one week. Like Rochester's other secrets, we wouldn't know unless Matteo talked and that was unlikely. Even for an ass like him, the code of silence was strong here.

Alessandro was pleasant and an ...