Kevin is standing by the window when I return to our room. He’ll be happy to see me defeated!
‘What happened?’
‘Nothing,’ I mumble with the shred of self-esteem I still have left, barely managing to hold back the tears.
‘It doesn’t seem like it; I heard Albert screaming like a madman, and you’re crying. Are you really sure nothing happened?’ he urges me to confide in him, sitting down next to me.
There you go, now I feel stupid. Might as well tell the truth.
‘Heindef, or whatever it’s called, revoked our mandate, and he took it out on me because I did nothing to change their mind.’
‘Well, better off without them. I haven’t wanted to work with them for years. They’re a bunch of oafs and they’ve always treated us like slaves. And anyway, what did Albert think you should have done to pe
