My brain kept asking What if we don’t make enough? And I had to keep pushing that thought away. I got dressed in my pink Rainbow Beauty uniform and did my hair and make-up really nicely (well, I needed to do something to take the attention off my horrible puffy eyes). I messed my hair up a bit, pulled it into a low bunch on one side and added loads of little sparkles and clips. The pamper day was starting at ten, so we all trooped down to Rainbow Beauty just after nine. I hadn’t been able to find a moment to do the goodie bags the night before – there always seemed to be someone around – so I was hoping to somehow do them secretly in one of the treatment rooms. But then Annie pulled up outside in the Land Rover and she and John began unloading crates and crates of plants. Mum asked what on earth was going on and I knew I’d have to come clean. My heart was pounding and my mouth had gone completely dry. “I, erm, well, we…that’s me, Summer, Ben and Marco…well, we’ve been trying to raise the rent money,”
