Waiting Outside St. John’s Wood: A Summer of Hope in London

movements, and did our best to show that we understood her position.

Gradually, the tension began to ease.

It didn’t happen all at once. There was no dramatic moment of acceptance. But little by little, her posture relaxed, her tone softened, and the conversation became less of an interrogation and more of an exchange.

At one point, she even allowed a continue reading …