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.”The rest of the meal was spent with more casual conversation about travel destinations and hospital politics.Hanna dropped Karim back at his sister’s house and when she returned to Karim’s place her father was still up.“You’re up late,” Hanna observed, then added a concerned: “Are you alright?”Walter sat on the sofa with his war book and absentmindedly toyed with his reading glasses.“Yes, Pumpkin, of course I am.I am just day dreaming.”“How was your evening? Was mother better after I left?”“Who can say,” he said with a heavy sigh.Hanna felt a pang of guilt for leaving him alone tonight, even though it was him who had told her to leave.“I am afraid I have to go to London really early tomorrow for some meetings.I’ll call you when I am done so you know when to expect me back.”“Of course.Thank you.” He forced a smile at her but she was already out of the door.Chapter 21: TuesdayOnly a few hours later Hanna got into her car, eager to beat the morning traffic in to London.The notion of having to hide from journalists seemed silly now.The letter box in her apartment building in London was overflowing but the bulk of it was unimportant.She arrived early at the union office and had plenty of time before her appointment with the lawyer was scheduled.Two men were on duty this morning in the tiny flat the union had rented next to the airline headquarters.She had worked or ‘flown’ with one of them, Mark, a middle aged family man who did this work mainly to be at home more often with his wife, she remembered him saying.He was on the phone while simultaneously shuffling some papers and files on his desk; the other guy was Tony, a young gay man whom she only knew from the union leaflets.“Hanna, love!” Tony called out excitedly and gave her a big hug, “our little heroine.How are you my darling?”“I am fine I guess.Not looking forward to this business today,” she admitted.“Where is Nicky?”“Her son has got a fever, she can’t make it, I am afraid; she was devastated when she called me.”“That’s a shame,” Hanna said, a little deflated.“I didn’t hear the official brief but I spoke to Nicky this morning and she says it is looking good,” he said, and put his arm around her shoulders in the assumed familiarity between cabin crew.“Really? How so?” she asked, desperate for more details.“The airline confirmed they will cover you.Not that the pigs should ever have hesitated.They pay insurance for such cases.You acted in good faith.They confirmed their support for you yesterday with a press release.The big airline bosses want to use this as an advertising opportunity.With public opinion being so overwhelmingly on your side they see this as free publicity.You are going to be in a press conference with the CEO and all.They want you to be the new face of the airline and a promotional asset.They have big plans for you,” he said excitedly.“I don’t want any of that,” she said, taken aback at this new development.“You won’t have much of a choice, sweetie.Now that your face is in the papers there is no way back.The company is not going to miss out on that, babes.”“My face is in the paper? When did that happen?” She could hardly keep up.“Last time I checked no one had cared at all.”“This morning.Front on the Express, pages 4 and 5 in the Mail and I think Times or Telegraph.Let me show you!” He got up and collected a bundle of papers from another desk.“How did they even get my picture?” she called out angrily as she looked over the articles.The same photograph had been used in each of the articles.It was a recent shot from a room party in Shanghai.She was outraged.“You look stunning,” Tony said.“And the picture does not show you with a drink.That helps.”She did not hear him; she was trying to read as fast as she could through all of the articles.The Express had taken the angle that money could buy you the opportunity to sue everyone now, even those who were trying to help you
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