During World War II, Felicity Bathburn is living in Bottlebay, Maine, with her eccentric relatives and their foster child Derek, whom she has grown to love, but when a man claiming to be Derek's true father arrives and starts asking all sorts of strange questions Felicity becomes suspicious of his motives.

Angeletta reveals her true identity to Romeo. After meeting with her grandmother, Romeo learns the reason behind their estrangement.

Angeletta's poor health prompts Alfredo and the Black Brothers to take action against Isabella so that she will aid her granddaughter.

Suffering from tuberculosis, Alfredo's greatest wish is to reunite with the sister he was separated from. Romeo, meanwhile, may know where she i

With the help of Dante and Romeo's pet weasel, Piccolo, Romeo attempts to escape both the police and the Wolf Pack gang.

Part of Angeletta's past is accidentally revealed. An elderly man who runs a puppet show has a secret.

On Christmas Eve, Bianca cares for an injured Romeo, who is reading "Moby Dick." The kindness of Dr. Cassella is more in evidence.

With the realization that he doesn't have long to live, Alfredo wants to clear his and Bianca's names and expose the men who have been hunting them.

His tenure with the Rossi family at an end, Romeo says goodbye and takes care of unfinished business before returning home.

Romeo's father Roberto is hurt in a fire. A reunion between Romeo and his childhood friend Anita results in the knowledge he may be sold to Luini.