She was forty-five, and looked even younger. Reddish-blonde straightened hair and with perhaps a touch of Botox, or else a very lucky sun-deprived complexion. She wore suits all the time – skirt suits with well-matched shirts and jackets – and wedges. She was beautiful. Large blue eyes with a hin...
Abigail, darling.” Abigail opened her eyes to find her father sitting beside her on the bed. An alarm went off in her brain. Something’s wrong. Grahame had called her darling. His eyes were bloodshot. He had his hand on her arm. It was shaking. “What is it?” Abigail sat up. She glimpsed Melanie s...
My mother was dying. I said it over and over in my head. My mother is dying my mother is dying. When I was little I used to fantasise that I got very bad news in a public place, and my friends would feel sorry for me and I’d be kind of famous. In my fantasies, the head teacher would call me out o...
She hadn’t been happy for days. First, because a uniform that fitted me had mysteriously arrived at reception during my third shift. Second, because people seemed to like me. Third, because she was a fuck-face. I saw her snarl as Centre Manager Nathan put my photo on the notice board in the main ...
She’s a bit of a Keener, but the only trustworthy person in the whole entire school) Mandy Grogan (dumb, but fun) Louisa MacDonald (Brain, but funny) Enemies: Tanya Nairn (keep ’em close) Sluts: Tanya Nairn (She denies it, but I know for a fact she had an abortion last year) Boyfriends: Piers Wat...
When I get home, I glue myself to the news. They’re about to make an appeal. Must be about a hundred journos at his mother’s house now. I pour myself a coffee and take my seat, almost excited, almost as if I’m at the movies and it’s gone dark and I’m about to be entertained. The front door of his...
It had been quite some time since she’d had the old effect on men, and it was very clear that it was happening now. She was still blonde, still had huge boobs and white teeth, and could still flutter her eyebrows and giggle girlishly.Paul was about forty, and it turned out that he was the manager...