Victory for the Ops Room Girls by Vicki Beeby

Author:Vicki Beeby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo
Published: 2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Jess was still thinking about this comparison after they’d left Mrs Swift, replete with tea and cake, and walking back towards No. 2 Mess. ‘If bombers are geese and fighters are hawks or larks, what are reconnaissance pilots?’

‘Eagles,’ Milan replied without a pause. ‘They fly high in the sky looking at the ground.’

‘What do you prefer?’

Before he could answer, the sound of running feet approaching made them stop. Then they saw the dim circles of two shielded torches upon the pavement and heard a voice say, ‘It’s down here somewhere.’

‘Evie?’ Jess called.

The footsteps stopped. ‘Jess?’ The dim outlines of two figures appeared, one much taller than the other. Evie stepped closer. ‘Jess, thank God. We were looking for you.’

‘Why?’ Jess asked. There was a long pause, and it occurred to Jess that Evie and May must have come here straight from standing watch in the Filter Room. Only the most urgent news would make them do that. Suddenly Jess wanted to run away, somewhere far away where she couldn’t hear what Evie was so reluctant to say. If she didn’t know, it wouldn’t be true.

‘Jess,’ Evie said again, and now Jess could hear the tremble in her voice. She clutched Milan’s arm.

‘Just tell me.’ Jess forced the words through frozen lips.

‘You need to go to your aunt’s,’ Evie said. ‘You know we can’t say anything, but… well, you need to go.’

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