Iris:
Luca watched my face in silence before he smiled.
"Lara was the only one who was in contact with your mother through and through," he began.
He had told us all that before. That day, when I had sat down with him for a conversation, I had asked him about everything.
He told me what he knew from the start, including the fact that Lara had been hiding darker secrets than we realized. One of them was that she had been in contact with my mother for a very long time.
I guess we just never figured it out. But Luca, being close to my mother, had sensed something.
"I just don't understand what that woman wants," I said, shaking my head in disbelief.
"Well, you will never know with her," he replied.
"Did you find my children?" he asked softly.
I felt terrible that I did not have good news to give him.
"We tried to locate the place, but it seems her father had already gotten to the children," I explained. "His men had taken them away. By the time we arrived, it was too late."
