Bianca settled into a new routine. Every morning, she spent time at home, sometimes working on St Just’s accounts and those of the Casino from her little room, that had been converted into an office for her.

Baby Cian, of course, dominated her day, and she worked between breaks, her major time spent playing with her son. if the weather was good, she would wheel him in a pram into the sprawling park, opposite their apartment building. There she walked, observing the people around her, the couples, the joggers, the walkers, the young children and their mothers. It filled her with a sense of peace as she wandered around, always...