m her assistant, Martin. There are no secrets in my family. I shouldn’t have called Martin but I don’

have her any other way. She’ll have about a million meaningless platitudes, meant to ease my heartbreak

as telling her how great he was and now I’

,” she barks out as soo

he’s so tiny, no more than five foot and yet you sho

at is he

or

magine her calling in a favour to some

aloof. She’s ridiculously wealthy in the sort of way most women of her generation aren’t. She doesn’t live off the

calls it. ‘Her l

o being a household name and the richest inde

sk with a smirk as she

she tells me.

o the living room, accepti

ide. To the rest of the world Eliza Clancy might be ter

er almost wishing that she won’t hear

nder if I’m not the only one irritated by the repetiti

the world together. We were going to… I’d even convinced my grandm

t but I’d won it because I wanted th

et to you. It says more ab

’s been a few years since she last had to use th

t in people,” she says softly. “In fact,

. I believed him. I

, pulling me into her side. “Who can actually say? But Eden

el. There’s nothing more infuriating than being told what you already know. I can’t ju

supposed to do?” I ask

ing me. I turn away from her, trying to hide from

ying to be my friend but not because I was special or prettier th

ou don’t even need to have a personality. No one cares. You could be boring as hell

hurch. Not one of them came that day. I’d stupidly been sure they would and so I’d spent the better

l or even a cat meme on soci

It wasn’t though. Every time I paid for something because they ‘forgot’ to bring mone

ng; perfectly decent people turn into m

ic even. She’s sitting there, her back perfectly straight, her an

hes in my throat. “Will I e

matter before she lets out a bark of laughter. “

ha

ound in your bank account or a billion. You’ll have met a few, I don’t doubt it. Bu

ore continuing, “you can af

your grandma supposed to tell yo

she says, her eyes bright with