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Catarina raised an eyebrow. "I took her away with good reason, I'll have you know" she said curtly, looking behind her. Her daughter was curled in a ball and hiding her nose. She looked back at the group. "It's not my fault. She eats away from everyone else anyway, and I can cook whatever I damn well please in my kitchen!" she snapped.
She shook her head. "No, I wasn't told. And honestly, I don't care. She can go. I wouldn't care if you didn't bring her back either!" she threw her hands in the air. "Go, Maria" she said, muttering in Italian.
Maria looked up in shock, but didn't question it and dashed upstairs to throw some stuff together, and came bounding back downstairs, covering her nose until she was out in open air. "I'm free!" she laughed a little.
Ad chuckled and grabbed the shorter ginger girl in a fierce hug. "I've missed you, Mari" she mumbled into the girl's hair. Maria was her best friend, cousin, step-sister. They'd had their moments but always got over it.
Justin felt his jaw fall. He was shocked. She didn't care about her own daughter?
"I beg your pardon? You don't care if we bring her back or not? Some mother you are!" he replied shaking his head. He couldn't believe what he'd just heard. Looking at Maria he rolled his eyes and then smiled at her.
"Looks like we got here just in time" he muttered turning away from the house and making his way toward the car. He'd heard enough.
Alex rolled his eyes at the woman before him and shook his head. "I can guarantee here is the last place we'll be bringing her back to" he responded. Why would he bring Maria back to someone who didn't appear to care whether she went back to England or not? And what did she mean by 'good reason'. "Oh and if that good reason for dragging her away was to make her unhappy, you're doing an amazing job. Now if you'll excuse me, we have the US to explore and a teenager to give happiness to" he said before turning his back on her and looking at Maria. "Ready to go?" he asked with a polite smile.