She sat there for two more coffees, but could not warm up again, he had chilled her to the marrow. She thought about the references to her mother and knew that she was meant to interpret it as her personal mother and her Mother Russia, which meant the Kremlin and the KGB in those days. She was glad to get back to work, where the man would not dare to bother her, but she dreaded going back to her flat at night, so she applied for one of the few apartments in the embassy on the grounds that a man had been stalking her. She was given priority, but the rooms were highly sought after, so she was told that it could take a long time.
She considered taking a lover just for the security, but didn’t really like the idea Instead, she looked around for an apartment in a more secure block, although th
