Hayley noted that there were seven other quiz teams on tables, all hoping to win the luxury hamper from Hardings. She wasn’t bothered about what was inside; she just wanted to win. She was so laid back about most things, but put a tennis racquet in her hand or challenge her to a race, and she turned into Serena Williams or Usain Bolt. It wasn’t so much that she hated to lose; it was more that she really, really wanted to win. Her mother always liked to bring up the stories of her birthday parties, the ones when they had to pause the music on her every time they played ‘pass the parcel’. And they might as well stop the party if she didn’t win ‘musical statues’. She liked to think she wasn’t quite as bad as that these days. She probably wouldn’t even start crying and stamp her feet if she di
