Page 41 of Dear Daisy

‘I’ve just been trying to avoid everyone, I think. I haven’t even seen Scarlet much either.’ I felt a sudden pang. Scarlet had made me promise to go over and see how Bobso was settling in, but I’d pretty much barricaded myself inside the House of Tiny. ‘I’ll go and see her today, when she gets back from school.’

‘Good. That’s a start anyway. And I suppose you’ll see Alex while you’re there?’ Daisy sounded mischievous again, far better than that horrible wary tone she’d had at the start of our conversation. ‘He’s everything Dan isn’t, and maybe there’s your problem.’

‘Wow, you are good at this aren’t you?’

She laughed. ‘It’s what I’m here for, Win, obvs! Okay, now go and do,’ and she was gone. But now I was smiling.

Daniel Bekener @EditorDanB

Jeez this is hard.

ElliottTravels @Tripsky02

@EditorDanB Well stop poking it then.

Daniel Bekener @EditorDanB

@Tripsky02 More right than you know, mate. Maybe I’ll just leave it.

EastEndSmith @Barrowboy70

@EditorDanB Things are only hard if you care.

Daniel Bekener @EditorDanB

@Tripsky02 @Barrowboy70 You can really push an entendre, can’t you? But could be right.

EastEndSmith @Barrowboy70

@EditorDanB @Tripsky02 Found something to care about at last?

Daniel Bekener @EditorDanB

@Barrowboy70 More like ‘again’. Yep, going for again. Never knew it would be like this, never knew it *could* be. Will hang in.

A.N. Editor Blog

Christ. Christ, this is hard. A huge part of me just wants to cut and run now. Ha, the life of an editor — all of you following this blog for tips on getting published, you must be so sick of my internal monologues now. Yeah, the life of an editor, it’s all glamour. All shiny books and grateful authors and the eternal fucking angst of how to spend the money.

No. It’s not your fault and that’s unfair. I made the fatal mistake of getting involved. Never happened before, I mean, I’ve run the whole ‘girlfriend’ thing (thanks for the comment, Jeremy, mate, but I’m pretty much straight as they come) but it’s never been like this, never got under my skin, made me itch this way. Always thought that love would be clean, y’know? Uncomplicated. That you’d just ‘know’ and she’d ‘know’ and then it would be hearts and flowers all the way to the aisle and the reception in some country barn. I didn’t think that you could get it wrong, I mean, what is there to get wrong?

Shit, do you want a list? You can fall in love with some girl who’s got herself so truly fucked up that she can’t even see you for what you are. And everything you say, everything you try, just makes it all that little bit worse.

Fuck it. Fuck it. Write to the market, if that makes you happy. Write to make money, write any kind of crap, I’ve got no advice to give you any more. I’ve got nothing.

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Alex Hill

This is Bobso, latest addition to the Hill family! S is madly in love, of course — we really need more excitement around here.

[Picture of Bobso.]

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Lucy Charlton: We’re having a barn dance up at school next week, you should come!

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