The Dumping Ground
By C. P. Clarke
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Adele Willows, a high-profile palaeontologist at the top of her game, gets a last minute call to investigate a newly discovered chamber deep in the caves of Johannesburg.
As a gay African American woman she has to grit her teeth against underground bigotry of the locals squeezed between the tight claustrophobic rock.
What she finds in the chamber is far more than she had bargained for and would change the world as we know it.
The Dumping Ground is a story of love and sacrifice amidst the greatest archaeological find of a generation; a sacred ancient site that has the power to change the fate of the world.
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THE DUMPING GROUND
HANGING UP THE PHONE, she stared at the photo on her dresser. It was taken on one of those rare downtimes when they escaped the underground excavations and resurfaced for a breath of air together. The green hills rolling into the waterfall in uKhahlamba-Drackensbury National Park were in the background. She remembered the dig at the nearby Kamberg Rock, the so called ‘Rosetta Stone’ of rock art. They’d argued the day before, mostly about Paula’s obsession with her work, insisting on digging on an over-excavated site. Exasperated, Paula had conceded the argument, in itself a rarity, and they had made up with a night of passion, followed by a more chilled day relaxing above ground and enjoying the sites. Adele couldn’t remember who took the picture; it must have been someone else on the dig crew; it certainly wasn’t a selfie.
What did she want now?
Adele thought they were over. On a break at least. Or so she thought. But as usual, whenever Paula calls, she goes running. There was always an excuse to bring her in, as though Paula couldn’t work without her. She was always drawing her in, unable to separate their personal relationship from their professional one.
I should have flown home when I had the chance.
Adele’s west coast American twang fell mutely in the direction of the photograph as she moved away through the empty flat.
What do I need?
The question was redundant. She knew exactly what she needed. She was used to last-minute calls to travel to remote places. Her bags were perpetually packed in preparation.
No passport needed this time, she would be flying internally, although it was packed nonetheless; it wouldn’t be the first time she’d bugged out across a border at short notice.
Paula hadn’t said on the phone what she’d found, but Adele could tell she was excited about it, maybe more excited than she’d been in a long time; she sounded happy.
Adele grabbed her bags: a rucksack loaded with every convenience she would need for roughing it, and a holdall stuffed with everything else she needed to feel like a woman and not a troglodyte.
She gave one last glance in the mirror by the door on the way out. The long curls sprung across her light brown skin in blonde tipped locks. She drew her hand up to pull one off her face, examining it as she did so; she would need to re-dye her hair when she got back.
Pulling the door open, she gave one last glimpse back as she bounced her flat keys in her hand, hoping that when she returned Paula would be with her.
THE PROBLEM WITH LIVING in the centre of Cape Town was she too regularly got comfortable with city life. Malls and modern tower complexes had sprung up in recent decades surrounded by the high security fences of white suburban mansions juxtaposed