Dada 2

But I was tired and also because last night we`d kept the shutters closed it felt like a slap across my face; an irritation.

Mo was really excited and kept on saying what a beautiful day if was and we would be serene after I was feeling a bit better. I realized I was hungry. I said to Mo and he pointed to the fish market where I worked. We laughed.

I would have to wait; then we heard Iskra closing the door and coming to the street.

He was wearing blue trousers and a short sleeved white shirt.

But he`d put on a baseball cap which made Mo laugh. His skin was very pale under the dark hair on his fore arms. His grandfather would never have got into the engine room  of the Blue Funnel line  like Dada

I found it a little repulsive. He was whistling as he came down the stairs and looked happy. He said “Hello my men’ to Mo and me and called us ‘his little gangsters’. The day before, I had gone to the police station and I`d given my statement, saying that his Indonesian woman had been ‘disrespectful’ towards him. He got off with a warning but they slapped him around a bit first.