Janita Lawrence - The Memory of Water

I can’t believe this is happening. At a loss as to what to do, I put my hands on the back of my head.

“You were the wire!” I say to Sello, “you were taped to my chest hair!”

He ignores me and speaks ambush language to Madinga. I don’t mind. The room spins and I have to sit down again.

After a while he turns his attention to me.

“I’m sorry we had to keep you in the dark,” he says, “it was the only way to draw her out. We’ve been monitoring her since the vandalism episode. You aren’t the only one she was threatening. You were in no danger; we had people watching you 24/7.”

“How…?”

“We had people following you, and the room bugged.”

I am out of words. I just nod.

He motions to my scribbled notes.

“Collect your papers. Your father is here to pick you up. He has been co-operating with us.”

I remember the traitorous phone call I overheard.

“Says you will be living with him for a while… until your next book is finished.”

I crumple up all the papers with their inky scratches and words and dump them into the bin. I walk out of the cell, out of the building, into the brisk air and weak light of dusk.

That, I think, will be a very long time.

Why You Were Taken (2015)

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The Underachieving Ovary (2016)

Grey Magic (2016)

How We Found You (2017)

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In tomorrow’s world, Kirsten is a roaming, restless synaesthete: a photographer with bad habits and a fertility problem. A troubled woman approaches Kirsten with a warning, and is found dead shortly afterwards. The warning leads her to the Doomsday Vault and a hit list of seven people – and Kirsten’s barcode is on it.

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JT Lawrence is an author, playwright & bookdealer. She lives in Parkhurst, Johannesburg, in a house with a red front door.

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Originally published in 2011 by Rebel ePublishers

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Paperback ISBN 978-0-9869871-3-7

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