Fiction

On Wednesday Jinnie dropped the twins at school before heading to Potters Bar station to pick up the train to Finsbury Park and then the Tube to Brixton. There was an icy drizzle in the [more…]

Brooke led Patricia onto the northbound Victoria line platform at Brixton. Patricia looked around her in amazement, she had used escalators at airports and big stores but never before to descend below ground. She had [more…]

Jinnie was excited and happy, the invitation to tea at the Palace had arrived, not just she and the twins were invited, so was Izzy. Kate has scribbled on the bottom of the printed invitation, [more…]

Jinnie and the twins climbed into the back of Nigel’s Bentley which had been fitted with child seats for the occasion. Nigel was in the front and Freddie was driving. It was only a short [more…]

After her lunch, Jinnie headed back to the garden office determined to produce a spreadsheet showing the approximate costs of setting up a new table d’hôte restaurant. She wasn’t exactly an expert with constructing a [more…]

On the evening of the last day of the cruise, as usual, everyone gathered on the balcony outside Jinnie’s cabin for their pre-dinner drink and canapés. For once the twins were with them, Izzy had [more…]

Jinnie woke and looked at her travel clock. It was 07:15 and she could hear the twins happily chatting in their bedroom. She got out of bed and went to say Happy Christmas to them. [more…]

On the way back from visiting the two new Aunty JoJo’s sites, Jinnie expressed her satisfaction at how well things in Barbados were going to Belinda. Belinda asked if she had plans for more branches [more…]

The luggage had arrived at the suite shortly after Ajay had left them and despite his saying that it was part of a butler’s duty to unpack for passengers, Jinnie didn’t fancy a stranger doing [more…]