Chapter 29

"We ought to introduce ourselves. I am Eric Kent." "Carmen White," I told him flatly. I smiled at him and observed him keenly just to make sure that he can be trusted. For I have to find someone who would help me to escape. He moved ahead and opened the door of the car, I climbed into it and he joined me. He started the car and we drove forward. "What are you doing in this estate?" I asked him curiously as I looked ahead. "I am botanist," he said glancing at me. I was shocked. "Really!" A flicker of amusement crossed his face. "Why do people always respond like that I wonder? What's strange about the study of plants?" "Is that what you're doing here? Studying the vineyard?" "I am making a tour of the Italian suburbs observing plants, he said "It is actually a Ph.D. stuff. I am doing a thesis on different species of plants found here." "It sounds fascinating," I said. "It is," He said, and his voice was eager, and it had a thread of excitement. "But some people think it's bori