40 House of Straw‘Come in Neil. Like a drink?’ Raisha Rebrov asked, opening the door at her cottage in Kent.
‘Yes please, tea. Is Paul here?’
‘No, he’s on a trip; said he wanted to find himself again and took off for a few months.’
‘I’m sorry to hear that.’
‘No it’s not like that. Since our little team disbanded he did some consultancy work, nothing too taxing though. My new role has been more and more demanding especially after the recent terrorist attacks. So we decided it would give me the space to concentrate on my job and he could do all the things he’d ever wanted to do and forget about all the shit.’
‘Oh… I see. Where’s he gone?’
‘Started in Bali, then Australia and then New Zealand - I think he’s in Chile by now.’
‘Nice work if you can get it.’
‘You didn’t come here to talk
