The Night book
“Her stomach was in knots and her pulse was racing. She had never felt anxiety like it. Her instinct was to take a double dose of the sleeping pills her GP had prescribed her after Cameron’s death, burrow deep under the sheets and fall into a chemically induced semi-coma as soon as possible.
She was reaching for the pills in her bedside cabinet when the phone on top of it began to ring.
She stared at it for a few moments before reluctantly picking up the receiver.
‘Hello . . . Meriel... Kidd.’ She sounded OK. No hint of the agitation boiling inside. It must be the latent broadcaster in her, she decided, and she began to feel very slightly calmer.
‘Meriel, it’s Peter here, Peter Cox. How are you?’ She liked the station manager. She owed her break in radio to him and he’d been a kind and encouraging mentor to her ever since.
‘Peter . . . honest answer? Terrible.MoreLess
She was reaching for the pills in her bedside cabinet when the phone on top of it began to ring.
She stared at it for a few moments before reluctantly picking up the receiver.
‘Hello . . . Meriel... Kidd.’ She sounded OK. No hint of the agitation boiling inside. It must be the latent broadcaster in her, she decided, and she began to feel very slightly calmer.
‘Meriel, it’s Peter here, Peter Cox. How are you?’ She liked the station manager. She owed her break in radio to him and he’d been a kind and encouraging mentor to her ever since.
‘Peter . . . honest answer? Terrible.MoreLess
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