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    My Mother, the Spy -Part 2 of the series
    My Mother, the Spy -Part 2 of the series
    My Mother, the Spy -Part 2 of the series
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    My Mother, the Spy -Part 2 of the series

    By Joy Bassetti-Kruger

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    Part 2 follows on from part 1, with a little backtracking when Susan goes into detail about how she and her mother arrived at their destination, a small Greek island.
    Then the story picks up again eight year after they have settled within a community of olive farmers. Susan has since married Jorge and they have two children, Kiki and Nitsa, now five and seven years old. Paula/Roulla has since recovered from her previous ordeal and she is now teaching the children on the island Tai chi and Karate.
    Nothing untoward has happened since their arrival on the island, but then one day Susan/Sofia senses danger is approaching. For when she was shopping in the village a man suddenly ducked behind a pillar to avoid being seen. At first she doesn't tell Jorge, but later when other incidents begin to happen around them, she is forced to tell both her mother and Jorge. Jorge tries to persuade her that there is no reason why anyone would come after her and her mother agrees. But as time goes on they are forced to protect themselves from danger by becoming more observant and not attracting attention.
    Then someone arrives on the island that both mother and daughter recognises. But is this person a friend or a foe?
    Part 3 will carry on from here and Part 4 will conclude the series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoy Bassetti-Kruger
    Release dateOct 27, 2014
    ISBN9781311151728
    My Mother, the Spy -Part 2 of the series
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    Joy Bassetti-Kruger

    I began my library career at the Jhb. public library, and while I worked there part time, I also completed my Library Exams with the SALA. Then I was headhunted by Ekom, as I'd specialized in information retrieval and they needed someone to obtain current information on various projects for their engineers. Later I moved to Control Data, where I learned all about storing such information on their large computers. All the while, I also taught ballet, modern and Spanish, dancing in my spare time, as I'd trained as a dance teacher while still at school. After I married I ran two dancing studios for adults, where I also began to teach yoga and passive exercises. In my youth I danced for PACT for a while, but as I was still studying at the time, -I decided to give this up, although I continued to dance in various productions at the Civic Theater in Johannesburg. -Showboat, The Merry Widow, Guys and Dolls, to name a few. As I'd also joined two writing circles previously, I'd been writing all along, - mostly short stories. But then an opportunity came up for me to include English Literature and Creative Writing in my studies, so this is when my writing career really took off, even though I never published anything until recently, when I first uploaded stories on a local SA site,then Kindle, Kobo and now finally that I've cracked the 'meat-gringer," I've loaded some new stories on to Smashwords, which I think is a really wonderful site for writers, as it forces us to confront all the issues and make certain that everything is correct..

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      My Mother, the Spy -Part 2 of the series - Joy Bassetti-Kruger

      Part 2 –Settling In

      This morning as I again sat on my favourite rock far out in the ocean, I watched as the waves lapped gently against the shoreline. Somehow sitting here always made me feel confident that I could resolve the problems and issues in my life. For as I listened to the sound of the rush of the water, it inspired me with ideas from the ocean’s bank of wisdom, while the wind whispered suggestions into my willing ears.

      This saw to it that I felt calm now after a restless night of scary dreams or nightmares, where an unknown person had kept chasing after me and almost catching up to me. Strangely enough, within the dream I’d felt that if only I could see his face, that was half hidden by a black balaclava, he would leave me alone. Now I realize that seeing his face was unimportant. It was only a dream and the person was not real.

      I’d been fraught with anxiety for several weeks now, possibly because I didn’t really understand why I had this feeling of urgency. Or why something was telling me to take measures to protect my family. Maybe I was just paranoid. But there must be a good reason behind why I suddenly felt so afraid, because life on our beautiful Greek island is generally peaceful.

      Looking back, I think my feelings might have something to do with a conversation I overheard at the market last week, when two women were talking about how many newcomers there were in the village. The one woman felt it was a good thing and that it would promote trade. While the other woman thought, it would bring crime to the island. So as living here generally meant that our worries were few and far between, I remember thinking that I hoped her prediction regarding an increase in crime was wrong.

      Also, the olive harvest had been good this year and everything on the farm was under control. My daughters were doing well at school and Jorge, my husband, was so busy that I almost had to make an appointment to see him. Even my mother, who had once been the cause for my biggest concern, was doing well. She also seemed happy now, especially since her Tai-chi classes for the local children were in such demand and she was thinking of starting a Karate classes as well.

      This was why I really didn’t understand why I felt so on edge at the moment, almost as if something was about to pounce and destroy the tranquillity here, which we all cherish.

      Then after sighing and taking in a few more deep breaths of the fresh, salty air and watching the swell of the waves all around me for a moment longer, I could feel my shoulders beginning to relax. The sea was so clear here that I could see the sand on the ocean floor below, as well as a couple of shoals of fish being tossed around by the waves.

      Then after watching the waves advancing and repeatedly retreating along the shoreline in front of me, as if they were taking part in a never ending dance. A dance that had gone on since the beginning of time, -I realized that I felt more relaxed now.

      This meant the ocean had once again worked its magic on me, by changing the patterns of my thinking. Sitting on my rock out here in the ocean always seemed to calm me down and help me to make sense of the things going on in my life. This was why I always came here to sort out my life, my thoughts, and my anxieties.

      Somehow, since I’d become a little more religious, I also felt closer to God here. So this was naturally the place where it felt safe for me to murmur my prayers to Him and ask for some answers. I think having two daughters to care for these days, pushed me in this direction. As it all began with me starting to take them to Sunday school about two years ago.

      But as I nevertheless still felt a little anxious due to my earlier state of mind. I took one last look around me to

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