The Island Girls by Rachel Sweasey

Author:Rachel Sweasey [Sweasey, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Published: 2024-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

As Peggy walked across the quay towards the launch that morning, she prayed that this nightmare would be over soon.

‘Morning, Peggy,’ said Charlie cheerily when he met her at the launch. ‘You’re looking very well today. Have you had a nice time with that young airman of yours?’ he asked, and she started a little at this question – too personal for Charlie to ask his new superior. Suddenly, everything in Peggy’s world had changed. Was Charlie who he seemed to be? Was anyone she knew in Poole to be trusted? She had to question everything. Report everything. Trust no one.

‘Yes, thank you, Charlie. And what have you been up to?’ she asked, just a little more curtly than usual.

‘Nothing much. Just pottering about,’ he replied absently.

‘We’ve a busy day ahead today. We’re taking the crew and passengers from the Clare into Salterns Marina and then running back to the quay where we will be picking up some VIPs from Major Carter at the pottery. They’ll have come in direct from the night train, apparently, and we are needed to drive them up to the Harbour Heights Hotel. There are three people and each needs to be in a separate car, for some strange reason,’ Peggy told Charlie as they set off towards the main runway.

After the launch trip was complete, they walked down to the pottery where Rose Stevens stood waiting for them beside two cars.

‘You and Charlie are to take one car, Peggy, and I’ll take the other. Major Carter has gone ahead to the train station in his private car. We will meet him there, then we’ll take the three passengers separately to the Harbour Heights Hotel,’ Rose explained.

‘Who are they, Rose? This all seems like a lot of trouble.’

‘You’ll see,’ Rose replied with a face that told Peggy she was in for a surprise.

She thought again about her mission, and wondered if Charlie should even be here, as new as he was to the team, though she was determined to prove Fletcher wrong about him.

‘Do we need Charlie too? I’m sure there’s plenty of work for him to handle on the boat and I can drive quite well on my own,’ she offered.

‘It will be good for Charlie to see some more of what we do, Peggy. No problem to have him along with you,’ said Rose lightly.

Peggy sighed deeply, feeling the weight of her new knowledge.

When they arrived at the train station, Major Carter was talking with a very recognisable figure. Peggy couldn’t believe her eyes.

‘Is that…? It can’t be,’ she said in awe as a familiarly stooped figure in a long coat, a bowler hat and smoking a cigar shuffled from the platform and into the back of Major Carter’s car. Another vaguely familiar gentleman was directed to Rose’s vehicle and a third, whom Peggy did not recognise at all, was led towards the back seat of the car she would be driving. Peggy sat in the driver’s seat and Rose ducked her head into the window and spoke in a hushed tone, giving Peggy the only information she was going to get.

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