"The headmaster is caught having broken several disciplinary rules in his dealings with Justina!"
12 - AccusationsIt took enormous restraint to resist opening the envelope the night before, but I did manage to wait till the following morning. Certain that nothing would be happening before tonight, or likely even this weekend, I didn’t feel...
"Curiosity, it is said, kills the cat"
December 2015< It was another sleepless night; I have got kind of used to the odd noises that resonate inside this old building. Not only the clicks and clangs from the ageing pipework, but the guys who shout out indecipherable...
"Christopher is allowed a brief glimpse of the world that he and Olivia have entered"
November 2015< Incarceration. Whoever it was that first devised that word and its meaning, captured the cold isolation that exists inside this institution perfectly. Locked away from the world and loved ones, unable to do anything but wait. Even the...
"Christopher learns of Olivia’s decision, and receives a surprise glimpse into the future"
October 2015< News travels quickly in this place, bad news I found out travels quicker. The whispers and furtive, sideways looks at breakfast time told me that there have been a development. I could imagine what was being said, if...
"Olivia’s choice."
August 2015< Michael Dolan arrived at my cell door last night. Dolan is or was an infamous London gangster. He was also the psychotic ringleader of a gang of thugs here. He is what they call a ‘lifer,’ in for...
"Jack and Becky face exposure and resultant separation"
Jack Wetherley walked slowly, morosely, along the front of the new stables. Not since the death of his father six years earlier, had he ever felt so low. Passing the open-gated front of the twenty, as yet, unused stalls, he...
"Man sets up a cosy Hallowe'en evening - he thinks!"
“Do you remember love?”Craig Neilsen pulled a face as he reached the ground floor. That was the second time those words had drifted through his mind. From the office frontage, he could see the taxi waiting. His car was in...
"Jack, expecting trouble, gets a surprise and Becky gives her special apology."
Standing at the back door of Brandling Manor, Jack Wetherly could not recall a time when he had felt so uneasy. He had just been told by the stuffy butler, Vincent, that Sir Oswald Brandling was demanding to see him....
"Mattie has to play along with Mark, but what will she do for Simon?"
Simon and Mattie are still in New York. Of course there has been pleasure, mixed with a little business for Simon, who is trying to strike a lucrative deal with Canadian businessman, Mark. Unfortunately, Mark and Mattie have some shared...