Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page59 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Chapter 8<\/strong> With the troops and horses gone, there\u2019s really not much else to do. Having started earlier than usual, KristalClear reasons that it\u2019s OK to finish earlier, and to head off to catch up with NutJob. But he might still have to work until 21:00 as usual, and she doesn\u2019t want to make it too obvious that she fancies him. Neither does she want to miss their normal chat on the way home, along the short section of the route where their walk home coincides. So she\u2019s not going home just yet. She decides that she needs to visit the PrintWorks in order to discuss the news with Franklin.<\/p>\n \u201cHello Kristal! I wasn\u2019t expecting you,\u201d she says, \u201c I think NutJob\u2019s probably going to be busy for a while yet.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo, don\u2019t let him know I\u2019m here, I came to see you! With news from the Garrison.\u201d<\/p>\n Over a cup of tea in the office they end up chatting more about horses than conflict, though KristalClear\u2019s keen to learn more about Franklin\u2019s adventures over the years. She\u2019s seen the Ormskirk incident happen before, and she\u2019s not surprised\u00a0 hearing Handsome\u2019s version of the story. The novelty is having the news on the same day, and having it almost directly from the horse\u2019s mouth!<\/p>\n Not for the first time during the conversation, KristalClear is looking through the window of the editor\u2019s office towards the print floor. She strokes her neck gently whilst trying to spot NutJob. She can\u2019t see him, and wonders if being here was really such a good idea after all. What if he sees her in the office?<\/p>\n \u201cHave you ever been to Worringfolk?\u201d asks KristalClear.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was a journalist I went to Fflint many times. Fflint\u2019s in Meirionydd, though it\u2019s not far from Chester. I think there\u2019s some informal line of communication into Worringfolk, but it\u2019s all hush hush and even I wasn\u2019t able to find out what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHave you ever seen the pirates?\u201d<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> – Book1 Page59 \u2013 Next<\/a><\/p>\n Previous – Book1 Page59 \u2013 Next Chapter 8 As Good as Gold With the troops and horses gone, there\u2019s really not much else to do. Having started earlier than usual, KristalClear reasons that it\u2019s OK to finish earlier, and to head off to catch up with NutJob. But he might still have to work until … Continue reading “Chapter 8 As Good as Gold 059”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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