Sold to a Marseille Don, So He Knelt at My Father's Grave novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: The Council
Vannina's POV
Marie-Ange walked the length of the long room on the old man's arm, and forty men stood up as she passed.
She did not look at any of them.
She went to the chair at the head of the table, pushed Cecilia's leather folder aside with her good hand, and sat down in the navy coat.
The old man stood behind her with the green ledger under his arm.
"Antone," she said. "You were about to speak."
Antone was still on his feet beside me.
His hand shook in mine.
"I was," he said.
"Then speak. They are all here."
At eleven the green door opened, and my uncle came in with his chin up and his good coat on.
Six Santoni boatmen walked behind him, and his own son came last, with his cap in his hands.
Cecilia came in after them with a second folder.
She saw the coat on the chair at the head, and she stopped.
"Madame Orsini," my uncle said, warmly, with open hands. "What a surprise. You are not well."
"Sit down, Sauveur," Marie-Ange said. "You will want to hear this."
My uncle sat.
Antone let go of my hand.
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