33
Separation
Athens, October 1978
Dinos had not had one good night’s sleep since Nefeli left the country. Dreams, nightmares, had been waking him up night after night, forcing him to spend the rest of the night until early morning smoking and soothing himself with cold leftovers from the fridge. His weight was creeping up.
When he had arranged all the details for Nefeli’s departure, he had also planned to move to Athens to take on a major property development that had landed in his lap. This was money that could not be missed. A block of luxurious flats in posh Kolonaki, built according to the American dream model with en-suite bathrooms and walk-in wardrobes, a project unheard of in Greece before. How lucky for him to be in the right place at the right time. He was dining with his fr
