Jinnie’s Story

Jinnie tried to ring Paolo on the train on the way back to Hadley from her meeting with Alan, but his mobile kept going to voicemail. The third time it happened, she left a message [more…]

Jinnie’s sudden increase in wealth had made her and Paolo review a few things. Paolo wanted a new car and suggested that Jinnie should also get one. However, she had decided that while DKL supplied [more…]

Jinnie left SuperBurgers HQ confident she had put a cat among the SuperBurger pigeons. Since inheriting her shareholding in the group, she had been in several of their branches and was certain the reason for [more…]

Jinnie headed round the M25 towards the M23 to Crawley and was listening to the radio. There was a discussion going on about the German/Russian dispute and how it was getting worse. The presenter was [more…]

It was when Willie was being handed over to Barnet General’s Paediatric Accident and Emergency Department when Jinnie heard the paramedics say, “suspected appendicitis”, which was what she feared. Willie was taken into a cubicle [more…]

After the meal in the Sybaritic the family and Sir Nigel gathered in Jinnie’s living room for an impromptu celebration where they were eventually joined by Paolo, Penny and Dan. Jinnie had warned Paolo they [more…]

Jinnie was very happy as she left the doctor. He had been sent the release notes electronically from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, and from the questions he asked he had obviously read them. [more…]

The Barclays area manager had kept his word and arrived on time and offered Jinnie a special savings account, through a Premier Account. She asked why she had never been offered a Premier Account before [more…]

On Monday afternoon Freddie, Nigel’s chauffeur and general factotum, dropped Jinnie, Izzy and Sir Nigel off outside the offices of Mann, Coombes and Company. Freddie headed off in the Rolls to the public car park [more…]