Summerchill
“In the canteen she compared notes with Helgi over her fish and salad while Helgi wrinkled his nose at meatballs that were too spicy for his taste.
‘Any luck with Sandra?’ ‘Nothing special. The back story is that she and Logi had a business of their own that was doing pretty well and they sold out not long before the crash and got a pile of money out of it, which they lost in some less than sensible investments. So instead of sitting back and taking it easy, they found themselves pretty skint.’ ...‘Like so many people,’ Gunna said.
‘Absolutely. Wonderful being a public servant, isn’t it?’ ‘I can live with it,’ Gunna said, still thanking her lucky stars that she had stayed in the force instead of going to work in the private sector, which suddenly had little call for expensive security consultants once the economy had taken a nose dive. ‘And Logi?’ ‘Went back to scratching around for work, but the relationship fizzled out. Sandra had expected to be on easy street and all of a sudden they weren’t.MoreLess
‘Any luck with Sandra?’ ‘Nothing special. The back story is that she and Logi had a business of their own that was doing pretty well and they sold out not long before the crash and got a pile of money out of it, which they lost in some less than sensible investments. So instead of sitting back and taking it easy, they found themselves pretty skint.’ ...‘Like so many people,’ Gunna said.
‘Absolutely. Wonderful being a public servant, isn’t it?’ ‘I can live with it,’ Gunna said, still thanking her lucky stars that she had stayed in the force instead of going to work in the private sector, which suddenly had little call for expensive security consultants once the economy had taken a nose dive. ‘And Logi?’ ‘Went back to scratching around for work, but the relationship fizzled out. Sandra had expected to be on easy street and all of a sudden they weren’t.MoreLess
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