Chapter 36
But everything changed in January. It started with a letter that had been sent to me care of the university and had taken some weeks to finally find me.
When I opened it I first thought it was a joke. It was handwritten on two sheets of lined notepaper. It started: “Dear Eloise. I know that you are a stupid w***e…” and continued in this vein for four pages, with various bizarre accusations as to why I was dating David and why he was dating me..
I didn’t even read it until the end. My eyes blurred after the first page and I could see by skimming it that the subsequent text was just more of the same.
I was so disturbed I just shoved it in my bag and went to morning lectures. I didn’t even tell Catherine or anyone else who greeted me that day because I felt weirdly ashamed. I d
