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    These stories are very slightly, if at all, based on personal experience. By way of amusing family and friends, I occasionally used their names in the plots, without asking their permission. As a result, few court cases are now pending.
     

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    Dampatch: 12 – Joining Forces

    After breakfast, Riesling and Walter sat down for a chat. Walter was nervous, very depressed and nursing a shocking headache. Riesling on the other hand, had her nostrils flared and her eyes burning with determination. Walter thought she never looked…

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    Dampatch: 13 – The Plot Thickens

    Walter got home and found Zatar very angry, very hungry and with a lot of things to say about the bad service she has been getting lately. Walter went to his computer to finish off the copyright amendment to his…

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    Dampatch: 14 – Playing Dirty

    Walter arrived at Riesling’s front door soon before 7:00 p.m. Over dinner, Riesling briefed Walter on her progress with the estate agents and the Registry office and Walter gave her his birth certificate and the electricity bill as proof of…

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    Dampatch: 15 – What’s in a Name?

    Over the next three days, Riesling concentrated on putting her house on the market by letting Alexandra, a woman from George Henry come along and measure up her house to prepare a sales brochure. She also went to the Registry…

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    Dampatch: 16 – The Cunning Plan

    The taxi arrived at the Registrar’s Office in Gold Tops on Saturday 24 November 2007 at 12:25 and Riesling got out dressed in her lemon silk dress with matching handbag and shoes. She had a yellow rose pinned to her…

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    Dampatch: 17 – Fighting Back

    Over the last week of November and first week of December two major events happened in Riesling and Walter’s lives. The first major event was Riesling struck lucky and sold her house to a couple who were down sizing and…

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    Dampatch: 18 – Getting Ready

    On the evening of Saturday 15 December, Walter and Riesling sat down for a television dinner and to celebrate the sale of Riesling house the day before. They both felt they needed a break away from their computers and to…

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    Dampatch: 19 – Making Contact

    Not realising how literally accurate she was to describe her as a loose cannon, Riesling decided to make contact with Claire Hiscott by flushing her out into the open. She explored the idea of placing an advertisement in a newspapers…

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    Dampatch: 21 – The Announcement

    On Monday 7 January, Walter kissed his wife goodbye and went back to work after his long Christmas break. He felt refreshed and pleased with his new life as a married man. Riesling cleaned the house, fed the cats and…

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