Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

‘I could apply for a grant. Or maybe a loan. And I’ve got enough to see me
through for a bit. I met this MP woman who said she has links to some agency
that could help me. She gave me her card.’
‘Hang on,’ Katrina said, swivelling on her chair, ‘I >don’t really get this. I
thought you wanted to stay with Will. I thought the whole point of this was that
you wanted to keep him alive and keep working with him.’
‘I do, but … ’ I stared up at the ceiling.
‘But what?’
‘It’s complicated.’
‘So’s quantitive easing. But I still get that it means printing money.’
She rose from her chair and walked over to shut the bedroom door. She
lowered her voice so that nobody outside could possibly hear.
‘You think you’re going to lose? You think he’s going to … ?’
‘No,’ I said hurriedly. ‘Well, I hope not. I’ve got plans. Big plans. I’ll show
you in a bit.’
‘But … ’
I stretched my arms above me, twisting my fingers together. ‘But, I like Will.
A lot.’
She studied me. She was wearing her thinking face. There is nothing more
terrifying than my sister’s thinking face when it is trained directly on you.
‘Oh, shit.’
‘Don’t … ’
‘So this is interesting,’ she said.
‘I know.’ I dropped my arms.
‘You want a job. So that … ’
‘It’s what the other quads tell me. The ones who I talk to on the message
boards. You can’t be both. You can’t be carer and … ’ I lifted my hands to cover
my face.
I could feel her eyes on me.
‘Does he know?’
‘No. I’m not sure I know. I just … ’ I threw myself down on her bed, face
first. It smelt of Thomas. Underlaid with a faint hint of Marmite. ‘I don’t know
what I think. All I know is that most of the time I would rather be with him than
anyone else I know.’