Remembrance
Danielle Steel
Language: English
Pages: 487
ISBN: 0440173701
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Her beloved Italian homeland shattered in the wake of World War II, exquisite Serena, Principessa di San Tibaldo, has nothing left except her name, her ancestry... and her heart which she gives completely and forever to Major Brad Fullerton. But not even Brad's ring—or his child—can protect her from the calculating wrath of the powerful Fullerton dynasty, and the woman who will become Serena's bitter enemy. Sweeping from the war-torn palazzos of Rome to the glittering avenues of Manhattan and the glamorous world of high fashion. Here is the vibrant story of one woman's triumphant yet bittersweet journey of the heart.
the beginning. Of losing her family in the war, of how she had met Brad and how much she had loved him, the broken engagement to the debutante from New York, and the rage of Brad’s mother. She even told her about the contract Margaret had made her sign, and then she told her of Brad’s death, and the baby she had lost, and the last three years of working to support Vanessa. “That’s all of it.” She sighed deeply and blew her nose again. “That’s enough.” Dorothea was more than touched by the
room, clutching the baby to her. There was only one bedroom, but she didn’t care. All she wanted was to be three thousand miles away from Vasili. She had almost no money with her, but she had brought the diamond bracelet he’d given her last month and she was going to sell it. With luck it would give her enough funds to subsist until her modeling picked up again. She had already asked Teddy to call Dorothea. “Well, how does it feel to be back?” Teddy smiled at her, but there was concern in his
handsome. “May I make a suggestion? Could we possibly stop calling each other Doctor? It’s an awful lot of ‘Doctor’-ing.” He grinned and she smiled and nodded agreement. “Call me Linda.” “I’m Teddy.” “All right.” She sat back in her comfortable black leather chair and looked at him directly. “Tell me about your niece. In detail.” He told her everything that had been happening, and she nodded. And when he had finished his recital, she told him gently, “Do you remember? I told you it could take
as she watched him with interest. “What are you doing?” “Oh, I don’t know. I thought maybe Santa Claus may have left something for you.” He looked over his naked shoulder with a broad grin. “Are you crazy? After all the presents you bought me yesterday?” But he was walking determinedly toward her, with a small silver-wrapped package in his hand. It had a narrow silver ribbon, and the box was intriguingly small as he extended it to her. “For you, darling.” She shook her head with disapproval
she had managed not to go to the boat, now she was avoiding them again. What in hell was she doing? he wondered. Trying to pretend that Serena didn’t exist, or was there a reason for her behaving this way? Teddy had an unpleasant feeling that something they would all regret was about to happen. “I’ll do my best, dear.” His mother’s voice was noncommittal. “Have you seen your father?” “Not yet.” It had occurred to Brad as well that no one except Teddy had put himself out to welcome him back and