As she realised that to be discovered would be disastrous, she moved slowly on tiptoe across the room to the door that led into her bedroom.
Only when she had closed it slowly and carefully did she run to what seemed the security of her own bed and pulled the sheets up to her chin.
Could it really be true, what she had just heard?
Could her stepmother really be intending to marry her to a man who was already married so that they could live in the house that had always been her home and spend her father’s money?
It was almost impossible for her to believe that any woman could sink so low and behave so abominably.
‘I will denounce her. I will tell the world what she is like.’ Daniela thought.
Then she knew with a feeling of horror that it was unlikely anyone would believe her even if s
