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Maybe she could hide out in some hippy artist colony in New Mexico and learn how to make Aztec jewellery, one of her recent passions

Only the papers would no doubt publish that she had been in rehab And why did she care so esting that she coasted through life because of her nairl of the family Somehow the bad-boy reputations of her twin brothers—Orsino and Lucca—were revered Hers was issued as a subtle put-down and last night Aidan Kelly had made her feel cheap

She wasn’t She’d had two lovers in her life—though no one would believe that

It wasn’t fair

Nothing was fair

Cilla would tell her to stop being ‘so sensitive’ but Cara couldn’t help it She didn’t know any other way to be

Feeling trapped and o to the airport and look at the destination board and pick the place farthest away from anywhere else

As far as plans went it wasn’talone and she knew that if she was she’d relive every ht over and over until the only place she’d be fit for was an asylum

Quickly texting Harriet she asked her agent if she could crash on her couch for a couple of days It was the safest place she knew at this point in tirovel Harriet responded with an immediate yes, but somehow Cara didn’t feel any sense of relief

She’s going to be so disappointed in me

Trying not to picture her agent’s face when she arrived, and wondering which parts of last night she would share with Harriet, she stuffed clothes into her suitcases, wishing she’d packed a little lighter for once The one thing she could never tell Harriet about was how Aidan Kelly had kissed her and touched her last night Or how much she still craved the touch of a man who didn’t even like her There was pathetic and then there was pathetic

And as ht think that she orthless, she knew deep down in her heart that she wasn’t That she just felt a little … lost so anywhere

Not wanting to dwell any hts Cara pulled on loose linen pants and a singlet top Her Jackie O sunglasses would hide the fact that her eyes looked ravaged fro and a baseball cap would help coverher