The guard waved Tarka on and he trudged up to where John was standing. As he arrived, John’s nose jerked.“Tarka, you stink!”“That is the norma... smell of humans, John. You have forgotten this, having changed your tribe’s washing regime. My smell is deliberate.I decided to trail the wanderers, to make sure they didn’t go anywhere we didn’t want them, so I didn’t want to smell of soap. That would have given me away. I slapped on some mud from around the trees, to disguise my clean smell, and they. Bernie seemed nervous to see him. It was then that John discovered that Bernie & Crystal was going to get married. He masked his disappointment by congratulating his friend, telling him that the best man had won. Bernie asked if John would be his best man at the wedding. John declined, claiming that he had just started this new job & couldn’t take the time off. It was a big lie. John couldn’t stand to see his beloved Crystal be married to any other man but him. At that moment, the knot of. But that’s not the end ‘cause she always makes me stand and face the wall with my hands on my head after I’ve had my bottom smacked so I make Estelle do the same thing. And I’m there thinking that serves you right. Let’s see how you like it.But then Dad reminds me that when I get my bottom smacked my big sister Jen always takes me to my room afterwards and rubs cream on my sore bum and talks to me until I stop being upset. And then he asks me what kind of big sister did I want to be. And that. One of her constituents is a policeman and he’s been keeping a quiet eye on the investigation. It is being hampered, quite deliberately, by TaF thugs and goons, but more importantly, also by the MoJ.”Alan Glazer gave a cold smile. “I don’t suppose it surprises anyone here to know that both the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office have been infiltrated by the TaF to the point that one could liken either to Hitler’s Gestapo, or Stalin’s NKVD.”He paused for a moment. “And of course that’s just.