CHAPTER 9
DINING OUTJamie rested in the hotel bar, which featured dim lighting to create a gentle, calming ambience, with her friends, Bella, Liz, Gabriella, and a new addition to the group known as Joy. She had been introduced to them recently by Gabriella, who had been friends with Joy at school.
The drinking or bar area was separate from the dining area and featured round, grey-padded chairs with round glass tables. The multitude of French windows offered a view of the natural landscape of one part of the city of Melbourne. The pitter-patter of feet along the black and white fine carpeted flooring gave Jamie the jitters while her mind kept ruminating about her father’s situation. She wanted silence in her world, but it was hard to achieve when her friends incessantly hounded her to go
