The Winter Rose
“"You just got the clinic open and now you want to leave it?" "I don't want to leave, Harriet," India said, pacing the narrow confines of their office. "I don't have a choice. I have to go away. I want you and Ella to take over." "For how long? A week? A month?" "Permanently." Harriet shook her head. "I don't understand this! You worked so bloody hard to make this clinic a reality and now you're going to turn your back on it?" India thought of Sid. He had done something she feared he never would...--he had left the life, left everyone and everything he'd known.
For her. He'd come to see her at the Moskowitzes' two days ago and told her that he had to get out of London for good--the quicker, the better.
They'd decided they would leave for America in a fortnight's time.
Meanwhile he would lay low in East London and she would continue to stay with the Moskowitzes. They'd thought about going to Arden Street, but it was so far from the East End that the journey took hours out of the day, and India needed to spend every spare minute at the clinic now to ensure that it opened by the time she left.MoreLess
For her. He'd come to see her at the Moskowitzes' two days ago and told her that he had to get out of London for good--the quicker, the better.
They'd decided they would leave for America in a fortnight's time.
Meanwhile he would lay low in East London and she would continue to stay with the Moskowitzes. They'd thought about going to Arden Street, but it was so far from the East End that the journey took hours out of the day, and India needed to spend every spare minute at the clinic now to ensure that it opened by the time she left.MoreLess
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