Chapter 35
‘For God’s sake, Lainie! I have been more than patient with you. Answer me!’ the policeman bellowed. I cowered against the wall. I had no more chance of saying what he wanted to hear than I had of laying an egg. Why couldn’t I just melt away with the rain outside, flow down the street and underground, away from this dreadful place? There was nothing I could say that would appease this man’s relentless questions.
Frustration clouded the sergeant’s eyes as he towered over me. ‘You tell me bits and pieces about places you’ve supposedly been on your travels that couldn’t possibly exist in Australia, and yet I know for a fact that you don’t have a passport. Why are you lying to me?’
Lying? I desperately wanted to lie, but every time I did he caught me out. Years ago I would have m
