MORE THAN EXPECTED It had taken days of whining from my mates and an immense amount of self-control but I was finally going out with the girls again. Eddie was still at the front of my mind but I hadn’t seen the dirty bastard since I threw him out ten days ago and his pathetic texts had started to dry up. I had a long bath, styled my hair and spent ages on my make-up. I wanted to look really good – for me! “Look at you!” Chrissy kissed me carefully on the cheek, so as not to mess my hair up. “Single life’s not doing you any harm,” Bitchy-Sharon purred. She had been known as Bitchy-Sharon since I met her five years ago and never missed an opportunity to live up to her name. “Well, I’m only twenty. I still have a bit of life left in me,” I smiled and went to meet the others. It was just

