Jennifer was a nurse who worked in a doctor’s surgery in London. One night
at the end of her shift, her brother Richard showed up outside the door of her
office. Jennifer was 15 years older than Richard and she worried about him. He
often changed jobs and girlfriends. He borrowed money from her many times.
Richard wanted to borrow money this night. He had just lost his job that day
and wanted to buy “a present for a very special girl”. Jennifer loaned him the
money. She could never say no to him.
Jennifer went to Maxim’s to meet her friend Claire for dinner. They saw a
big dinner party celebrating a young woman’s 21st birthday. The girl was wearing
large gold earrings, but she was not smiling. Suddenly one of the men at the party
fell to the floor.
Claire and Jennifer helped him into Claire’s car and drove him to the
hospital. When he realized where they were taking him, he said, “No! Please just
take me home.” But they were already at the hospital. He was angry.
When Claire and Jennifer went back to the restaurant to eat the dinner
they had ordered, the policemen wouldn’t let them into the restaurant. They
decided to call it a night. They would go out to dinner next week.
After work the next day, Jennifer came home and found 2 men outside her
apartment. They were police detectives. They wanted to ask her some questions.
They asked her about her brother Richard and Richard’s girlfriend Wendy. Then
they asked her about the man she took to the hospital the night before. They were
surprised that she didn’t know who he was. They told her it was Joe Kelly, Richard’s
boss. They said that Mr. Kelly was a criminal. They were looking for some stolen
jewellry from Germany. They thought Richard knew something about it.
The following day Jennifer got a phone call from Wendy, Richard’s
girlfriend. She wanted to talk to Jennifer. When she came to the door Jennifer
realized that Wendy was the girl she had seen at the restaurant the night before.
She was the sad girl with the big earrings. Jennifer didn’t want to like her. She
worked for a criminal and maybe was mixed up in some trouble with Richard.