Jinnie’s Story

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…]

When Jinnie got home, she was a little later than normal and Paolo had already started getting an evening meal together. Being an Italian he was making pasta. He had popped in the supermarket on [more…]

All the way to work Jinnie was puzzling over what the prime minister had in mind for her this time. When she kissed Paolo goodbye he said, “Stop worrying it will be OK.” Entering the [more…]

Jinnie and her father arrived at the front of the church with her head in turmoil. It was when she saw the best man with a huge smirk on his face she knew that he [more…]

Jinnie and Paolo finally broke their clinch and for a moment stood holding hands, looking at each other lovingly. Then Paolo took half a step back and pulled a ring box out of his jacket [more…]

By the time Jinnie had reached Potters Bar Station to travel to Vauxhall Cross, she had recovered her composure. It was just the sheer relief of knowing that Paolo was OK that had overwhelmed her. [more…]