A light knock sounded on the bedroom door while she was repacking her case. 'Bella...you have a visitor,' Sheila told her.

Bemused by the announcement when even Matt didn't have her address, Bella followed Sheila down to the hall to see a tall, very attractive brunette with a wealth of mahogany hair and dressed in a very fashionable outfit, who frowned at Bella in apparent astonishment. 'My goodness, you're not at all what I expected!' she exclaimed, extending a slim beringed hand. 'I'm Marina Kouros...and you can only be...Bella?'