This Way to Paradise (2011)
“After we’d landed, I’d gone straight in there. I looked a right mess. My face, neck and chest were flushed bright pink. It was my own fault. I shouldn’t have drunk the vodka. Alcohol always has the same effect and that is to turn me into a Belisha beacon. My mascara had run and somehow my hair had become squidged up on one side. No wonder Joe switched off big time. A red head, with a red face, who stank of vanilla, and who may or may not have had head lice. I think I’d have slept the whole jour...ney if I’d been sitting next to me. There was only one thing for it, somehow I had to wow him with my scintillating conversation on the way to the centre and let him know that there was more to me than the scent of sour yogurt and an alarmingly ability to act like a twit. I brushed my hair, applied my brick-coloured lip-gloss and got ready to face the world (and Joe) again.
As soon as we had collected our luggage, we went through into the arrival area where Aunt Sarah came swooping down on us.MoreLess
As soon as we had collected our luggage, we went through into the arrival area where Aunt Sarah came swooping down on us.MoreLess
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