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‘My god this is a,’ said Lenka ‘It’s nice round here, but lots of different people, Indian, Black, Chinese The kids were a bit scared by everything… Your garden is nice, and we irls, Jakub went knocking on all the doors until he found them and they came and played’

‘They did? How did you talk to thelish, the h a mouthful of food ’You’ve lived here for five hbours?’

‘I’uy, Peterson?’

‘Nothing, really We didn’t talk about it’

‘Do you think anything will happen? He’s lovely’

Erika shrugged

‘You could invite hi a mouthful of the food

‘I know it’s crowded and I’ive it a rest’

‘A man called today, to read the meter I think that’s what he came for, I was busy with the kids in and outside, it hen the girls fro it out of her pocket

Erika scanned it and saas froas certificate had to be checked and updated

‘The food here is very expensive What kind of things do you buy?’

‘Lenka, can you just give me a minute to breathe I’ve had a stressful day and you’re just jabbering on!’

Froy, Eva woke up and started to wail

‘You woke her up,’ said Lenka squeezing past Erika and picking Eva up ‘There, there, it’s okay Shush, shush’ Lenka pulled her shirt down and gave the baby her breast, but she shrieked even louder ’Can you go and shut the living room door?’

Erika shovelled in anotherher plate and ca roo of the baby She sat on the carpet by the front door with her plate on the floor and finished eating

What couldn’t see, above her, fixed to the inside of the housing around the electricitydevice