Chapter 47 Chapter 45 The Hotel Raphael

Anthony put a wet towel on Paula's forehead, and Paula gradually came to life.But after a while, she felt unbearable pain below her shoulders, and she wished it was her body.It was as if a drill was beating on her head, and when she felt a little bit of strength, the police finally appeared and came to ask her questions.She told the police they could stay outside and leave everything to her.Paula assures them, and lies at the same time, that no one attempted suicide and that the whole incident was a misunderstanding.Looking at the mess in the house, the two policemen were suspicious, but they followed Paula's order.

Anthony was trying to help Andrea bandage the wound on her forehead that she had badly bruised in the mirror, and Paula was walking into the toilet after dismissing the two policemen, just as Anthony told Andrea that her The forehead needs stitches. "At least four stitches on the forehead and two under the eyebrows. But you don't have time for lying in a hospital bed these days. I'll tell you what we're going to do: You get in a taxi straight away to Bologna, it takes four hours , a friend of mine who is a doctor will wait for you there. He will stitch you up and make sure you get to the airport. You can fly straight from Milan to Madrid and you will be safe there. Don’t come to Italy for a few years.”

"Isn't it quicker for her to get on the plane from Naples?" Anthony looked at Paula very seriously. "Officer, if you want to escape these people, don't go through Naples. This place is full of their minions." "I would say their eyeliner is everywhere." "You're right. And I don't think it's going to end well for anyone if we go through the Vatican Police." "Let's go find Troy, he'll be on our side." Anthony didn't answer, and said after a while: "Maybe. Anyway, our priority now is to protect Miss Otiro and leave Rome immediately."

Andrea listened to their conversation silently, the pain on her face didn't ease at all.The wound on her head was still swollen and, thanks to Anthony, was not bleeding much. When she saw Dante fall below 10 minutes ago, she breathed a sigh of relief.She ran to Anthony and put her arms around Anthony's neck, despite the danger that they both might fall together.Anthony took a quick look at Andrea's situation: the Vatican's higher authorities would not let this come out into the open, so now her life was in danger.Anthony asked her how she had stolen the letter. It was a shameful act, but she should be grateful for it.

But now is not the time to be thankful.Now that he analyzed the situation, Andrea was very upset.Although she thanked Anthony for saving herself on the roof, she didn't want to give up this opportunity to blackmail the authorities. "I don't want to go anywhere. I'm an assigned reporter and the papers trust me to cover this election well. I want them to know that I've discovered a conspiracy, a conspiracy at the highest level, to cover up three The truth about the cardinal's death, and that an Italian policeman is trying to catch a psycho killer. We Ayler, Globe and Mail and some other media will publish some photos as strong evidence, and the truth of the news, all of which will be written with my name."

Anthony listened patiently to Andrea before speaking. "Miss Otiro, I admire your courage. You are braver than some soldiers I know. But in this game, you need something more than courage." Andrea held the tape on her forehead with her hands, and she gritted her teeth. "Once the report was released to the world, they didn't dare to do anything to me." "Maybe, maybe not. But I don't want you to publish this news either. It's not suitable for publication." Andrea looked at Anthony in surprise. "What did you just say?" "A simple sentence is: give me the CD."

Andrea stood up staggeringly, she was out of breath, and pressed the disc in her hand to her chest. "I didn't expect that you were also one of these fanatics, and wanted to kill people to silence them. I'm leaving now." Anthony pushed her back on the toilet seat. "For me personally, the most shining sentence in the Gospel is: 'Truth will set people free.' If it's just for me, you can take it away immediately and tell everyone about the hideous crime of the priest, sodomizing children , kill the cardinal. Maybe the church will be reminded again, but how much does that matter to me and you? I object to this being exposed because Karowski wants to do it. If after a while he finds out that his ruse is not working , he'll make the next move. Then we can catch him and save other lives."

Andrea was upset.It was the combination of exhaustion, pain, stress, and the desperation to find that she had to say nothing about it, that nearly broke her.She became more and more sad about her fragile and helpless situation, and thought that she was so insignificant in the vast universe. She was very depressed and gave the CD to Anthony.She covered her face with her hands and began to cry. "Now I'm sure I've lost my job." Anthony looked at her sympathetically. "No, you won't. I'll see if I can help you." Three hours later, personnel from the US embassy in Italy called the Spanish El Globe and Mail to apologize for a car accident in Rome.The incident he described happened the day before his car was headed to the airport when it was driving at full speed.As a result, there was a car accident, hitting the reporter of your newspaper in Rome.Fortunately, the driver stepped on the brakes in time to avoid a disaster. Except for a small piece on the reporter's forehead, the others were safe and sound.Doctors at the embassy put the journalist on rest for at least two weeks, and the embassy tried to escort her back to Madrid herself, but the journalist kept insisting on continuing to work.Of course, because this is a work-related injury, they decided to make compensation.At that time, a passenger in the car was very interested in the reporter and hoped to give her an interview opportunity.They will confirm final interview details in two weeks.

The editor-in-chief of "Global Mail" put down the phone and was a little confused.He couldn't understand how this somewhat rebellious and troubled little reporter had gotten one of the hardest interviews on the planet.He thought it must have been pie in the sky that fell on Andrea.He couldn't help feeling jealous and envious. He himself has dreamed of interviewing in the Oval Office.

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