Belle plotted to return to her old job and arrange for me to join her. I explained that I would need at least a year to prepare for my return to London.

There was the small issue of my degree to resolve. I should have just taken my finals (like SL and LK), but had dropped out for reasons unexplained.

SL said that she could tutor me in French if we moved into together in Birmingham. She would have time to help me while studying for her Masters degree in neuroscience.