Weekly Writing Challenge: Cliffhanger!

OK, are you all settled, my little dears …? Don’t spill your cocoa! Comfortable? – then off we go …

Once upon a time, there was a young woman who lived on her own in a 2-bedroom flat on the 4th floor that looked down on a huge traffic intersection called St Kilda Junction, a block or two away; and she enjoyed the ceaseless activity that was there if she chose to observe it. She loved living alone, in spite of the cost.

She had a boyfriend with some rather odd friends – a married couple who argu...