CHAPTER EIGHT :12th. AUGUST, 2011
On Friday, Alex had wanted to pay for the hire car, but Jen had insisted that her “expenses” included the cost of any transport during her time in London. “Think of it as a birthday present from me and the American taxpayers”, she said, with a firmness which denied further argument.
Considering that, back in the U.S., she would have been driving on the other side of the road, she was, obviously, a confident, skilled driver. They wound their way out of the capital. The Audi sped along the M11 towards Cambridge, where they turned onto the A14following Alex’s directions. His parents lived midway between Bury St. Edmunds and the village of Woolpit in Suffolk. It seemed really strange to Alex, as they drew nearer to his family home. It was a mixture of fearfu
