Alora

There was no hint now of her former gay life in New York; she had resumed the humble tones and manners peculiar to her profession, such as Alora remembered were characteristic of her at the time she nursed her mother.

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And when she looks out the window she sees the name of the town, Alora, carved into a wooden sign.

Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

Alora... like the Italians say, it is pay back time.

Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Shops Where? Everybody Lingers Where? In Richmond Upon Thames, Petersham Nurseries and Petersham House Mara Gibbs 2011

Alora... like the Italians say, it is pay back time.

Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Shops Where? Everybody Lingers Where? In Richmond Upon Thames, Petersham Nurseries and Petersham House Mara Gibbs 2011

Alora... like the Italians say, it is pay back time.

Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Shops Where? Everybody Lingers Where? In Richmond Upon Thames, Petersham Nurseries and Petersham House Mara Gibbs 2011

So when Hernán calls out loudly from the front seat, "Alora," Ronda thinks he is saying "ahora" -"now."

Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

And when she looks out the window she sees the name of the town, Alora, carved into a wooden sign.

Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

Alora... like the Italians say, it is pay back time.

Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Shops Where? Everybody Lingers Where? In Richmond Upon Thames, Petersham Nurseries and Petersham House Mara Gibbs 2011

So when Hernán calls out loudly from the front seat, "Alora," Ronda thinks he is saying "ahora" -"now."

Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Face Up to the Facts" Claudia Ricci 2011

Alora... like the Italians say, it is pay back time.

Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? Everybody Shops Where? Everybody Lingers Where? In Richmond Upon Thames, Petersham Nurseries and Petersham House Mara Gibbs 2011