Now his behaviour made sense, it was obvious he didn’t want Marcel to see me, and I didn’t either.

"I could just stay in the apartment and away from your Dad, then just leave when the coast is clear?" I suggested quietly as Leo looked around, assessing the best way out. Corrado ran to one of the windows, excitedly looking out of it.

It would buy me some time if he listened and let me wait in my apartment! Why was he so fucking stubborn?

"No. I don’t want to risk it. Here’s your passport, Eric will drop you at the edge of the territory. Go wherever you want; Sweden,...