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Ann’s Story: Chapter Twenty-Two ‘The Interview’

Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Twenty-Two. You can read chapter one, two and three here. The interview process was gruelling and throughout Ann felt flustered and lacking in experience. She had arrived at Katie Hill’s designer rooms a half hour ahead of time and after giving her name to the receptionist she sat down to

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Twenty One ‘New Frontiers’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Twenty. You can read chapter one, two and three here. Ann was becoming increasingly despondent as the days passed quickly into months and she still hadn’t found a job.The six months grace she had promised she would give herself were almost up and the future was still very uncertain.

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Twenty ‘Close Encounters Of Pleasurable Kind’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Twenty. You can read chapter one, two and three here. Thelma seemed to think that Ann spending the night with her former boss while she was pretending to be someone else was hilarious. After a while Ann also began to see the funny side. Though she was dreading the

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Nineteen ‘The Long Night’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Nineteen. You can read chapter one, two and three here. Ann could feel her face burning as she sat down opposite the Johnsons. She felt ridiculous, stupid and once again was fuming for allowing herself to be talked into going along with this charade.

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Eighteen ‘The Event’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Eighteen. You can read chapter one, two and three here. As the London event drew near Ann was feeling increasingly nervous and unsure. But Thelma kept reassuring her. To help her feel better she had promised that she would travel with her to help her get ready and be

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Seventeen ‘The Business Proposition’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Sixteen. You can read chapter one, two and three here. Back home in Crowley things continued as normal. Ann decorated her house in bright colours which gave it a new lease of life. However, she was beginning to get bored and the novelty of not having to go to

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Sixteen ‘Single In Paris’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Sixteen. You can read chapter one, two and three here. A boat trip on the Seine was planned for the day. Ann had had a good night’s sleep and was up bright and early. She showered, dressed and went down stairs to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. There was no

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Fifteen ‘New Introductions’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Thirteen. You can read chapter one, two and three here. Mercifully the evening with Thelma’s friends ended. Ann had found it pure torture trying to converse with people she didn’t know, with whom she had nothing in common.