42
“I’d write and I wouldn’t lie. So when self-help writers tell one to find the child within, I assume they don’t mean me.”
Andrea Dworkin, Heartbreak
*
I got an early morning call from my solicitor. He began with,
“You paid the damages incurred to the chemist’s window.”
“I did.”
“That has helped.”
“Has it?”
“Oh, yes. I’m happy to inform you the other charges have been dropped.”
“Even the guards?”
“I play golf with Clancy. A most accommodating chap. He certainly wouldn’t want to pursue one of his own.”
“He said that?”
“Not exactly, but you were a member of the force.”
“I’m amazed.”
“That’s my job, amazing people.”
“What can I say? Thank you.”
“I’m not really the one to thank.”
And he hung up.
I rang Kirsten. Took a while for her to answer then,
“Yes?”
“Kirsten, it’s J
