She had become the sole custodian of her grandmother’s estate. xnx She reassured Carlo again that she would be fine on her own and offered to drive him to the air port. They ate quietly; enjoying the sea-scented breeze, the glorious sun and watching lazily wheeling sea birds in a cloudless sky. She chose a table by the window and heard the young man call out to someone at the rear of the café. She found the bell but hesitated and recounted the events that had brought her here. Next to it, under the shade of a huge sprawling pepper tree, sat an old man. She glared back at the elder brother with a mixture of bemusement and suspicion. “Dea incomparabile, bella Claudia…”
“No, I am Circe, this is my island and you will stay here for years after I have turned all of your companions into
