Episode 29 - Friends We Are NotMonte Carlo, France, 27 December
I finish the steaks and go up to my room. The light off, I come to the window and stand there, peering into the night. My gaze is fixed on the blinking dot of a lighthouse in the sea. Its rhythmical signals, echoing in my heart, inspire and instil hope in me.
I hear a knock on the door.
'Yes?' I shout.
Cautiously, the door opens. A ray of light falls into the room, accentuating a silhouette of maman.
'May I come in?' she asks.
‘Yes,' I nod and move my eyes back to the ‘blinking dot’ of the lighthouse.
She walks in.
'Sitting in a complete darkness again?' she asks, but I don't reply.
'Chéri…, ' she says, 'have you been out?'
Silent, I keep staring out the window.
'We were worried about you, didn’t know what to think
