Jinnie’s Story

When it came time to leave for Heathrow Jinnie said Goodbye to Larry and told him that she would be back in a few days and that he would be OK as Paolo and Penny [more…]

Jinnie and Paolo shouted goodbye to Penny and Larry and headed for the station where their train to London was on time. Shortly after settling into their regular seats in the half-empty carriage Jinnie’s mobile [more…]

At first, Jinnie wondered how to tell Paolo that she had got a massive wage increase. She puzzled for half the journey home. After thinking about it deeply, she decided just to tell him straight [more…]

Jinnie awoke with Larry asleep on her feet. He had been delighted to see her home and had followed her around the house like a little dog, reluctant to leave her side. Her movement woke [more…]

The tracks started to hum and the overhead cable sing. Mick put his hand on Willie’s arm and said, “Red now.” Willie pressed the button and the signal went red. Jinnie spotted the headlights of [more…]

Big Willie hugged Jinnie and kissed her on the top of her head and said, “Welcome back to Berlin.” Her hold-all disappeared into his huge hand and Jinnie whispered to him to call her ‘Isabelle’. [more…]

Jinnie woke and reached out across the double bed for Paolo and found there was no one there. At first she panicked and then realised she was in the Vauxhall Travelodge. She switched the light [more…]

Jinnie’s newly enlarged team got down to work immediately, hitting the phones to the contacts. The military were as helpful as the SIS hadn’t been and a kick-off meeting was arranged for 4 o’clock in [more…]

Jinnie’s mobile woke her. Glancing at the radio alarm on her bedside table it read 23:45. She wanted to catch an early train in the morning so had given up waiting for Dirk to call [more…]