26
Separation
Thessaloniki, July 1978
The chips are sizzling in the deep fryer. All lights are off. She can hear the dangerous sizzling, but she cannot locate the pan in the dark. Where is Eleni? There is also a buzzing noise and it is getting louder and louder coming deep from the earth five floors below. Everything is shaking. ‘Eleni, get away from the kitchen, you will get burned!’ she shouts breathlessly. Dinos is yelling, ‘Everyone under the bedroom’s doorframe now!’ They gather, they hug, holding on tight, the buzz is overwhelming. ‘We are all going to die!’ Dinos screams. The sizzling gets louder and louder.
Leonora sat up and switched on the table lamp although the morning light had started creeping through the shutters, and a yellow sunray had formed a straight laser line on t
