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touch later. It was plain that they did not hold out much hope of getting the laptop back. Emma was upset. With her laptop stolen, the only copy of her new designs was gone. With all the upset she had forgotten to back them up and leave the copy in the office, as was company policy.
    She thanked Mrs Smith and, accompanied by Eddie, returned to her flat. He soon had the door mended.
    “If you get a new lock, I will fit it for you, meanwhile I have fitted a bolt so you will feel safer tonight.”
    She thanked him and offered to pay him. He would not hear of it, so she resolved to buy him some beer when next she went to the supermarket.
    When she went into work the next day the chief designer asked to see her progress, and she was forced to tell him that her laptop had been stolen in a burglary and the police had held out little hope of getting it back as there was no forensic evidence and no one had seen who had broken in.
    “Well, then go and get the backup, you will only have lost any work you did last night.”
    “I have not backed my work up for several days as I have had personal problems.”
    “Well, you know company policy. You will have to work the weekends until the work is made up. Do you at least have your sketches?”
    She was able to say that she did and would do her best to get it all sorted. She saw the looks the rest of them gave her and imagined what they’d be saying about special treatment for her.
    She was so upset she went home and cried. She could not work. She did not know how she was going to get out of all this. How had it all gone so wrong?

Chapter Seven

    Emma opened the door and was pleased to see Jessica. She was not very well acquainted with her, but she had spoken to her at the club, and they had talked of where they both lived. She could not remember having given Jessica her address, but could have been mistaken. Jessica was instantly sympathetic.
    “Goodness, what has happened here?” Jessica asked.
    “I went to the post office, to return some things. When I got back someone had broken in,” Emma said.
    “How awful for you. Can I help you clear it up?”
    Emma thought Jessica was so sympathetic. When she saw the mess the flat was in, she held Emma’s hand and comforted her.
    “Let’s get all this mess straightened up now.” She began to pick things up off the floor, handing them to Emma to put away. Emma could not quite put her finger on it, but she did not really like Jessica. That is not very nice , she thought to herself. She has come here and is helping to put the flat back in order. Nevertheless, Emma could not rid herself of the impression that Jessica was pleased at the turn events had taken. She shrugged the feeling off, putting it down to being upset and suspicious of everyone and everything. She had had an upsetting few days.
    “You seem to be very upset. You need a break from all this. Now the flat is in order why don’t you come to the club tonight? The change will do you good,” Jessica suggested.
    Emma perked up a bit when Jessica said a change would do her good, so Emma called Prometheus and got herself dressed.
    Jessica said, “That is a pain, I can’t go with you. I shall have to meet you at the club. I have just remembered I have to call in on an old friend of my mother’s, to see how she is.”
    Emma could not object to that. In fact, she thought it was kind of Jessica to bother with an old lady. Maybe she had misjudged Jessica. Maybe it was all the events of the past few days unsettling Emma and making her distrust everyone.
    Jessica was at the club when Emma got there. In the locker room Emma was met by the same stony stares and hostile looks and mutterings that she had been on the receiving end of at work. There was a note on her locker saying, “ You are not welcome here, bitch .”
    Jessica smiled at her when all the other subs left and was sympathetic about the note, and to Emma it was a much-needed crumb of comfort. It seemed she had misjudged