Rate this story The DepartureI have explained that I am a busy public relations manager working in a city office in the North of England, and that my partner Simon works as a picture editor for a group who publish technical magazines. The headquarters of this group is in Paris so he sometimes has to attend meetings there, usually when they are launching a new magazine. The first time he had to attend such a meeting he was told that he would be away for almost a week – Poor me! Left alone to return to an empty apartment, after...
