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The Well
by Mike Briley
a novel set in south West France

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"You don't get 6 months salary …. But you'll be made redundant anyway. So tomorrow evening take all your personal affairs and be sure to leave me your phone number and e-mail so we can try to continue working on the few titles that remain."

Back in the cubicle that Peter had come to think of as his office, he tried to analyse his feelings. He was not really surprised. It was obvious that the company could not go on losing money the way they had been but that did not make it any easier to accept. He knew several people who worked freelance and they seemed to survive, so it must be possible. Nevertheless he could not just switch like that, from one day to the next. He needed to take a break. A few days away. But where? This was no time for extravagance.

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He leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling with his hands behind his head. The stain made from a leak in the roof about 5 years earlier was wonderful for meditation. As he stared at the stain it depicted more and more the familiar hexagonal shape of a map of France.

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