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But

this is the version of the archives (the scraps of paper, the lists of births and deaths, the history books and silence), that is a novel.

And so

(let me tell you)

Having taken a new name, living in the south of a continent spanning half the side of the planet Clitemnestra marr…

Catarina put her hand up. She spoke loudly to project her voice.

Melissa watched as Catarina spoke, she heard the curves and corners of her accent. Catarina gesticulated. Behind Catarina’s hands and the profile of her face, the buildings turned blue under the lilac sky.

The blue buildings and…

No one slept. They stayed up all night. Melissa and Catarina watched the results come in at Ivy’s flat in Stockwell. They were drinking beers and gin and wine and eating pizzas. When the exit poll came they started to shout and grab each other. Femi called Melissa at 1am.

We kept Tooting. By ove…