Chapter 10
‘SO, WILLIAM, how are things in the bankruptcy world?’ Vera Longhurst yelled in my ear above the din of conversation and music in the private function room of the Grand Chancellor Hotel.
‘Booming!’ I yelled back. ‘Lots of people going broke, so there’s lots of business.’
She nodded in that vacant way people do when they haven’t listened to a word you’ve said. ‘Nick’s doing very well, isn’t he? Fancy getting the opportunity to work in the International Court in The Hague! Such a step up for his career. And Stephanie getting that scholarship to the United States! That’s all your mother could talk about when she picked me up from the airport. I must go and find some more of those darling little pastries.’
She swept off in a cloud of perfume. I downed my beer. I was well used to
