You need to realise that. Mila chortled. I am no longer house bound, and drive around the city, but am yet to be able to make myself go out on the highways where the big lorries roll. What’s happening?”
My eyes flew open. That’s a promise.”
I sighed and looked up at the sky. I absolutely couldn’t do it. “I was planning to give you one anyway. “She’s coming back,” she said. I’d never mentioned Amanda to her. “Is that from…?”
“Yes,” I said. Involuntarily, I let out a giggle. And after that again. “Is that from…?”
“Yes,” I said. Even the thought of sitting in a car again made my heart race and my lips grow numb. But I have not yet been able to summon the confidence to. Virtually self-confined to my flat, I lost every shred of confidence in myself. “Probably the greatest character in fiction. Then Mila grasped my hand and held it tight. “Come in, of course. I had at first had on a T-shirt and shorts, but when Mila, watching some simulated sex on the screen, spread her legs and began rubbing her clitoris with the
