Chapter 6One didn’t argue with Birgitte as a matter of course and Harriet brought her laptop through for Zoelle to look at while the two women talked about university and their respective careers. When Harriet opened her portfolio Zoelle paused to look at it but then kept talking as she flicked through the images on the screen. It was almost amusing to watch the way her mother interacted with Zoelle, they both shared very similar opinions. Both voted Greens and held the view that asylum detention centres were abhorrent.
“You should hold onto this woman,” Birgitte told her a couple of hours later as she walked her out to her car, “it does not matter to me what way you go. You are my daughter, I am your mother. The only thing that matters to me is that you are happy.”
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