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Chapter 4

When Jim left, Annabel was still sleeping. The Assembly had invited him to an Antifa meeting..

The purpose appeared to be to discover the crimes of the Unity campaign by holding question-and-answer sessions with the victims.

They were particularly interested in those who had been interned in camps

“I was not in a camp,” Jim pointed out. “I wouldn’t want people to think I was boasting about my everyday problems.”

“Nonsense,” said the chair. “Your experiences are also very important.”

She gave them suggested dates for the sessions.

Jim went straight to the Old Hall, which was the venue for Annabel’s concert where she and Olivia were waiting for him.

There were about sixty or seventy in the audience, and Jim thought Annabel played very well.

“We have double cause for celebration,” Annabel told him after the concert.

“I’ve been dying to tell you all night,” Olivia squealed with joy. “But mummy made me promise to wait until now.”

“What is it?”

“You tell him, Olivia.”

“I got my GCE results.”

“And?”

“I passed all of them, and I have a place at sixth form college.”

“That’s fantastic, well done.”

“I saw you put the goats together,” said Annabel.

“Well, we need to if we are going to have kids.”

“Are we going to have baby goats?” asked Olivia.

“I hope so,” said Jim.

Annabel rolled her eyes.