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Meredith : 3rd Day - 3
I draw the strap over my head and pass the purse over. He undoes the clasp and delves inside, coming up with my passport.
“Where’s hers?” he asks.
“It’s in the zipped side pocket. The men never asked to see Sukey’s.”
He unzips the pocket and takes the passport out. Opens it. Reads the details. “This says Susan Roxley, date of birth.… But that’s not four years next week. That’s only three and half years.”
In compliance with the new law in South Africa, clipped to the passport is Sukey’s birth certificate. Kempton removes the paper clip and opens the certificate. I watch his face as he reads it. His eyebrows knit together and his jaw tightens.
“This makes no sense at all. It says her mother is Clara, Clara Roxley. And her father is a Nathaniel Burns. Wait, th
