Chapter 71

Anissa restlessly paced the confines of the magnificent room she'd been given in her parents' villa. The villa was beautiful, with wide windows to bring in the sunshine and tropical breezes, comfortable furnishings rich with silk and velvet upholstery, a courtyard filled with lush tropical flowers, palm trees and fountains - even a swimming pool. Dinner had been a veritable feast, with course after course, filled with all the foods Anissa had loved as a child. She was touched beyond belief that her mother had remembered them.

She wanted pizza.

She had only been here for part of a day and already she wanted to go home.

Except she did not have a home. She had only deluded herself for a short time into believing she was making one in Kilkenny, Michigan. With David.