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The fog swirled around the crowd at the graveside; Bob Bown had been a popular man. But Bella's thoughts were darker than the earth that was to cover the coffin - Frank Bennett had killed her father as surely as if he had taken a knife to him. Since the end of the war, when Bob Brown had taken over the car workshop on Fulworth High street in London, Frank Bennett had been trying to get his hands on it. An East Ender who made good by his quick wits and unscrupulous business methods, Frank was determined to get the prime site - whatever the cost. For as long as she could remember, Bella had been drawn to the river, and to the ivy-covered house on the promenade where she first met Dezi Bennett. The child and the young airman had become unlikely friends, though both families had disapproved. Years later, their love blossomed, and it seemed that nothing, not even the feud between their fathers, could prevent their marriage. Until Bob's tragic death and his dying request to Bella .....