THE little girl sat on the garden swing, her head bent, her hair falling loosely over her face. She waited

NIKHIL took her to her grandmother’s house in Alness on the Corentyne, opened the white picket gate for her, and

SHE stood at the car park, huddled under her umbrella from the steady, heavy drizzle, hoping for a car to

Riccardo stared at the sketch pad in front of him, his mind blank, seeming lost in a desert place. He

THAT blow of betrayal had hit Vickash so hard that it had shattered his mind for a few frightening moments.

HE sat at the back of the bus, huddled against the window, wearing a dark, long-sleeved, hooded jersey, the hood

HE stood on the balcony looking out across the Atlantic Ocean to the far horizon. The waves crashing on the

“THERE was something unique about you I liked,” she had told him softly, and those words kept replaying in his

PART 2 HIS father’s voice seemed to be coming from afar as he introduced his young bride. “Alvin, this is