Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

Will his posh lunch in a restaurant. ‘Here. How much? Another ten? Twenty?’ I
thrust a fistful of notes at her.
She looked down at my hand. ‘I’m sorry, Madam, we don’t sell badges here.
This is a restaurant. You’ll have to go back to the ticket office.’
‘The one that’s all the way over the other side of the racecourse.’
‘Yes.’
We stared at each other.
Will’s voice broke in. ‘Louisa, let’s go.’
I felt my eyes suddenly brim with tears. ‘No,’ I said. ‘This is ridiculous. We’ve
come all this way. You stay here and I’ll go and get us all Premier Area badges.
And then we will have our meal.’
‘Louisa, I’m not hungry.’
‘We’ll be fine once we’ve eaten. We can watch the horses and everything. It
will be fine.’
Nathan stepped forward and laid a hand on my arm. ‘Louisa, I think Will
really just wants to go home.’
We were now the focus of the whole restaurant. The gaze of the diners swept
over us and travelled past me to Will, where they clouded with faint pity or
distaste. I felt that for him. I felt like an utter failure. I looked up at the woman,
who did at least have the grace to look slightly embarrassed now that Will had
actually spoken.
‘Well, thank you,’ I said to her. ‘Thanks for being so fucking accommodating.’
‘Clark –’ Will’s voice carried a warning.
‘So glad that you are so flexible. I’ll certainly recommend you to everyone I
know.’
‘Louisa!’
I grabbed my bag and thrust it under my arm.
‘You’ve forgotten your little car,’ she called, as I swept through the door that
Nathan held open for me.
‘Why, does that need a bloody badge too?’ I said, and followed them into the
lift.
We descended in silence. I spent most of the short lift journey trying to stop
my hands from shaking with rage.