Two years ago I would have done the first task, made Claire happy and then found any excuse to stop. But now I find myself actually wanting to write this diary. Claire invited us all to dinner, which was horrendous (sorry Claire). Bianca demanded to know how she could find her father, swore at me, then burst into tears and rushed from the room. I told her again all there is to know. I got pregnant at the end of school to my boyfriend Sven (yes, really), a Swedish exchange student. By the time I realised I was pregnant, he was back in Sweden. There was never anything serious between us and I didn’t tell him I was having a baby. I haven’t heard from him for the last seventeen years. I’ve always thought that I would be enough for Bianca, but now I’m not so sure. Is it the not knowing her father that changed Bianca? Or is it just something else she is using to be angry at me? I don’t know. Bianca and I were always a team. For a long time it was just us. I smugly watched friends’ unhappy relationships with their teenage children, thinking how good things were for us.
What do You think about Other People’s Diaries (2008)?
