Surviving the Evacuation, Book 19 by Frank Tayell

Author:Frank Tayell [Tayell, Frank]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Frank Tayell
Published: 2022-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

The next turn had them back on a bus route, and soon after that, they were at the airport. There, once again, they saw the police. Four grey-clad paramilitaries stood by the airport’s main entrance, with a fifth standing behind the roof-mounted machine gun atop a Hawkei PMV.

“Home at last,” Kim said.

A bike-shaw had parked by the checkpoint. The driver was in shirtsleeves, but wore a black cap. As Bill and Kim approached, the passenger disembarked from the cab. His egg-head and wire-frame glasses reminded Bill of Himmler, and was perhaps why the man had opted for a Panama hat and white-linen suit as his official dress. His face was swollen, almost waxy, as a result of over-eating and under-exercising now the crisis conditions had eased.

“That’s him, isn’t it?” Kim said, as the man approached while the gate-officer disappeared inside the sentry post

“Must be,” Bill said. “I suppose it was inevitable. I couldn’t avoid him forever. Ambassador Jenkins!” he called out when the man was still a dozen metres away. “Good to see you.”

“Mr Wright, Mrs Wright. Glad I could finally catch you,” said Sir Paul Jenkins, the former ambassador to Australia from the Court of St James’s.

“We had to give evidence to the tribunal,” Bill said.

“Our embassy is always willing to provide legal assistance,” Jenkins said. “Now, or in the future.”

“And we’ve got an aerial tour of the city this afternoon,” Kim said.

“Indeed,” Jenkins said. “You are having quite the royal tour. All that’s lacking are the digs. We have some far superior rooms at the embassy.”

“The caravan is more our speed,” Kim said.

“Of course, yes, I’ve read the journals. Quite the adventure you both had.”

“You cycled all the way out here,” Bill said. “It’s not just for pleasantries.”

“Oh, but it was,” Jenkins said. “I wanted to introduce myself, as I suspect we will be conducting much business in future.”

“How’s that?” Bill asked.

“Because Britain had many overseas territories. Don’t you think it unjust, even undemocratic, that we don’t have a single senator in this new alliance?”

“I have no opinions on politics,” Bill said.

“Now that, sir, is a lie,” Jenkins said.

“You want Bill to put in a good word for you?” Kim asked.

“No, I am offering to put in a good word for you. Both of you,” Jenkins said. “You are, for want of a better word, celebrities thanks to your journal. Celebrity fades, and so we must strike while the iron is hot. In recognition of our warship which has now joined the Pacific fleet, in acknowledgement of the British Overseas Territories, and that the new power currently resides in Commonwealth nations, Britain should have two senators. You.”

“Nope, sorry,” Bill said. “We’re not even running things in Canada. We just came south to testify, and to meet our old friends. We’ll be returning north, where we’ll farm like everyone else.”

“And in Canada you have both the Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy, and a Canadian MP who never abandoned her country. Imagine how you could help them, and your friends, if you were to take a formal post in government here.

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