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MARCHING POWDER

was still humming from the coke, but I fell into a kind of half-sleep, listening to her breathing beside me.

I woke up to find a beautiful woman sleeping in my bed. It was early afternoon but the room was totally dark, so I lit the candle on my bedside table and began to study her face as she slept. I couldn't make out all of her features properly, but I could tell that she was beautiful. She had the softest olive skin, dark hair and lovely long eyelashes. I propped myself up on one elbow to look at her from a different angle, but when she felt me moving, she began to stir. I heard her murmur something and then she hugged up to me closer, kissing me on the chest, even though she wasn't awake yet. I found, as I got to know her better, that Yasheeda was a naturally affectionate person; she was always touching me and even when she was asleep, she always held me tightly, as if by instinct, so that I couldn't leave her. I also discovered that she was a very determined person - when she had made a decision, she launched herself into it and never looked back. She was probably also a little crazy, though. There aren't many girls in the world who would have done what she had just done. I managed to get out of bed without waking her and made scrambled eggs and tea for breakfast. Just as I was ready to bring it over, she opened her eyes.

‘Mmmm. Smells nice. I'm starving. What time is it?’ I turned on the light and pointed to the clock. She swore in Hebrew.

‘I have to go. Right now,’ she said, grabbing the plate I was offering her and swallowing everything down in big mouthfuls. ‘Sharon will be so worried about me. She's going to kill me.’

‘Give her a call, then.’

‘Can you phone from inside the prison?’

‘Right here from this bed, if you want.’ I took my mobile phone from the charger, switched it on and handed it to her. ‘I can bring you a telephone directory from the office downstairs if you don't know the number.’

‘The office?’

‘Yeah, the section has an office where the delegate and secretary work. They have a phone and a computer down there for the business of the section.’

‘Wow. This place is completely loco!’