9 THE ROLLING BALLCraig had already started to look into the requirements for a family permit for the UK, but now that he knew that Soom wanted to go as well with Shell, he had more details to work with. However, he was pretty certain that Soom and her daughter would not face a problem because she was due government compensation money, a life assurance payment and the proceeds from the sale of the house, its contents and the two cars, but he still wanted to be sure. Decades previously, he had witnessed the embarrassment of a friend, who had taken his Philippine girlfriend back to the UK and then flown immediately to Spain, where they had to enter the country through different channels.
He had waited and waited for hours before going to ask an official, only to be told that she had been de
