Modesty and Navel are sitting in the family room. She pours him a glass of lemonade. “This is my family’s home. I have always kept my family and business away from everyone and the limelight. I prefer to keep it that way.” She looks at him. “The day you leave Catania I want you to forget about this place and who my family is. That includes everything about my husband, Verrell, and myself. What happens here stays here. Please do not make me regret that my husband rescued you.” She looks at him and shook her head.
Navel sits his glass on the table. “Don’t worry your secrets are safe with me. I’m forever in your debt. I mean that without you I wouldn’t have a career or anything. I would never betray you, Lincoln, Verrell, or your family here.”
“Good, now that’s settled you’re still working
