‘Surely, it’s not our problem, but if you need help, let us know. Ashley won’t stop, you should know that, Arlee,’ he looked at me so kindly that I almost cried. ‘But I don’t want to have Linda locked in the studio as a precaution till this is all over, so I suggest you guys find a solution. You just narrowly escaped a bigger mess.’ ‘I’ll go home with you, ok? Or you know what? Come to my house to get changed. We live closer and we can talk in the meantime,’ said Linda and went to ask for a pass too. I couldn’t say no. As we were walking home, I told her everything. Really everything and it felt good. I even told her what I hadn’t admitted to myself. ‘This is all crazy. It’s good that I haven’t seen him too much since then so it will be easier to wake up from this dream. It makes no sen

