"Hopefully, you'll feel better soon."
Connor began coughing again, and I held the phone away from my ear. He sounds dreadful, and I tell him to go and get some rest.
"Love you, Kat."
I hang up again. I can't keep avoiding this, though, and decide when Connor is better, I'll talk to him. I'll explain that life isn't a fairytale, and if I'm not in love with him, I'm not saying it back to him.
Luckily Eden had got the message about Jesse, and I'd dressed it up by talking about the time she kissed Calum to distract her. There was nothing else for it; she was doomed. It didn't matter what I did or what I said; Eden was going to end up in the lion's den. She wasn't only going to end up there; she was going to beg for entry.
I'm on my knees sorting through my drawers when I spot a photograp
