They were given two days stand down and a doctor came and visited each one on each day. They had one meal together, but it was a subdued affair and Freida made her apologies and [more…]
On the Monday following Jinnie’s housewarming party it was the talk of Vauxhall Cross. The Sunday papers had published stories and pictures of the Prime Minister attending a private party in Hadley Wood. The story [more…]
This Chapter I’m warning you all, is extremely brutal. It hopefully demonstrates the cruelty and indifference the State shows to those who conduct its business. They had already made incursions into the Palestinian occupied territories [more…]
Jinnie and Paolo both took a week off work to settle into the new house. She and Paolo moved into one of the en-suite bedrooms and decided that the second could be a guest room. [more…]
It was back to the classroom the week after Rosh Hashana, but as always there was a late afternoon booking for them on the ranges. They waited for the first presentation to start, full of [more…]
Larry the Cat sat on the tree stump in the dapple shade, enjoying scanning the woodland around him through his half-closed eyes. In front of him, on the other side of a wire fence, ran [more…]
It was Rosh Hashana Eve and once again, Afarin and Heyfa were alone in their apartments, as everybody else had gone home for the Jewish New Year. They had promised each other a meal out [more…]
The Mercedes stopped at the barrier to the airport and unloaded Jinnie and Penny. Simone hugged them both and said her goodbyes. Jinnie kissed little Juliette and said she would see her soon. Juliette said, [more…]
Afarin lay back on the bed, an emptiness in her stomach and her nerves taught with worry. This was the underconfident, querulous Afarin, a far cry from her operational, professional persona. He had been busy [more…]
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