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The Walk-In

9/10 - VOD - 2022

Uno de los principales personajes dentro de una organización contra el fascismo y el racismo en UK se encuentra con una nueva amenaza, el grupo de ultra-derecha National Action.

No sólo serás testigo de las actitudes y acciones más deplorables y retorcidas, justificadas en mentiras, falsedades y falta de educación sino que además, verás cómo las autoridades fallan, la justicia es miope ante este problema y la sociedad repite una y otra vez algo completa y demostrablemente erróneo. Sin embargo, te ayudará a entender cómo se puede progresar, cómo se puede mejorar la situación de quienes se encuentran dentro de estos grupos y ayudarlos a ver qué partes de la realidad no eran capaces de reconocer.

The children soon started to play with eachother and some new toys her grandmother had pulled from the storage. Evan blended in with ease. Deborah tried to pull herself together as memories about Thom, Evans father, and the old days when she talked to him in the grocerystore. She wanted to enjoy the moment now. It was nice hearing him chat with Malachi and join the game of Andrew, Judah and Caleb. They all played together very nicely. Deborah caught a look from her grandmother who seemed as pleased with the result of putting the brothers together for the first time. Deborah had to fight tears on a regular basis that afternoon.

Before diner was ready, Alicia and Phillip arrived to join them before taking Evan home. Deborah enjoyed catching up with her uncle and aunt. Altough it was weird to see them at first it was soon as it always had been between them. It was funny to notice that Phillip and Alicia had trouble keeping her children apart. They all looked alike so much.

At the dinertable that night, Deborah heared all the stories from her children about what they did with her grandmother. They all had started to call her grandma too, just as Deborah. And Deborahs grandmother proudly answered them with that name. No bigger smile on Deborahs face as she watched her grandmother be one. They baked cookies together and did games together. Her grandmother had been looking through all the old stuff to find some old toys she still had from when Phillip was small. The children were very happy with their new 'old toys'.

After diner they brought the children to their beds with the three of them. Just as the day before. The exciment of the children about their greatgrandparents helping them in their beds was precious to see. Deborah had to hold back tears of happnines a few times. She thanked God in her mind.

Soon after her grandmother went to the kitchen to check on the food. She promised she would cook more so they could all eat together. Deborah didn't even need to ask if they could eat with them. It was already part of the plan. In the mean time, her grandfather was greeting his greatgrandchildren. They were all very nice to him and Deborah was once again proud at them and thankful for such a wonderful set of grandparents.

That night they all eat together at the big table in the livingroom. It was a delight hearing her children talk about all the things they saw and experienced. Her grandparents were very interesed in what her children were talking about. Even if it were one of the younger ones with a limited vocabulary. They listend and reacted and that was enough.

While standing there with her grandmother and children, Deborah started to smell the delicious smell that came from the kitchen. Her grandmother was making something delicious. Now she was really back at their place. Then she saw her grandfather coming down the stairs. When he saw her a big smile came on his face. Deborah walked towards him and gave him a big hug.

Her grandmother had taken Camilla from her and was already buzy talking with the others. It didn't take long for her children to start telling all the stories from their day traveling to her grandparents. Seeing her grandparents interact with her children made Deborah tear up a little once again. She was relieved by the warm welcome she recieved from her grandparents. Seeing her children being so nice with them was a gift on top of that.

The door opened and Deborah saw her grandmother. She was just the same as years ago, a little bit older with grey hair instead of her brown hair she used to have. The suprising face she had made Deborah think she recognised her. Deborah saw her looking down all of her children standing around her. After that she did a step backwards so they could come in. Deborah was relieved to see her grandmother letting her in. At least they could take a moment of rest at their place before trying to find a place to sleep that night.

The children were looking around the house while Deborah got hugged by her grandmother. Deborah got a tear in her eye and she saw by the look on her grandmothers face that she was touched too to see her after all this time. Deborah had to be firm for her self otherwise she would have started crying and might have not ended that night.

Finaly, after a long trip, Deborah stood with her children before the appartment building her grandparents used to live in. She looked around the neighborhood. So many days she had walked around to pass the time or think. She knew the first time she had walked there with her grandfather who showed her everything. Now she walked there with her children. It was weird to think about it.

They walked inside, took the elevator upstairs and stood for the door she had entered so many times. She hadn't explained yet where they were going to not confuse the children or disappoint them. Now that they were close she didn't know what to say anymore. Judah asked who lived behind the door. Deborah was quiet and pressed the doorbel. The tension she felt was almost unbearable.

Deborah walked towards a taxidriver. They couldn't fit in a taxi with all of them. Besides, she didn't have any seats for her children to sit in while in a car. They had to take the bus. But Deborah had a problem. She had always driven with her grandparents everywhere. She knew the way but not how to get there with the bus. Nor did she know the streatname or part of town. She needed to know more before she could figure out which bus to take. A taxidriver might know where she had to go.

She found a female taxidriver who wanted to help her out. Deborah explained her problem to the taxidriver who took out her phone to look at the map. Deborah explained how you would get to her grandparents apparement. It didn't take long until the taxidriver showed her the building she recognised. The lady even knew how she had to get there with the bus. She didn't seem to mind that Deborah didn't want to take her taxi. Once again Deborah thanked the Lord in her head for his grace.

Then they stood by the bus stop, waiting until the bus would come. While waiting her children starting to become fidgety. It was a long day for them. Deborah started to panic about what she had to do when her grandparents weren't home, didn't live there anymore or didn't want to let her in. Her children had to sleep somewhere tonight.