Chapter 19For some time, Toby had been aware that his mother and several other island women were involved in some sort of undercover group. On the first occasion, he’d burst into the house in his usual spirited manner, interrupting what was obviously not a gathering of friends. Millie never entertained old Josie, a cantankerous woman who never had a good word for anyone, or her colleague Jemma, whom she described as a pain in the neck. As for the other woman, Honey, she lived on the other side of the island and was rarely seen in the village. He might have dismissed the gathering as women’s business had he not seen all four scramble to hide what looked like smaller versions of the medical centre communicator beneath their sarongs. His suspicions had been confirmed a few days later when he
