Even the thought made her stomach roil. How on earth would she begin to fill that gap in her life?

It was over. It had to be. But that didn’t stop it hurting. It didn’t stop her loving him.

Chapter 80

Chapter 80

As a supposed compromise, I continue with the car wash in order to raise my funds but, as I’m on crutches, I don’t do it in the bunny outfit. However, Greg continues to look at me with disdain – as if I’m still in the Bunny Girl get-up.

To be honest, it’s not a great success. Hopping around is uncomfortable, and I should be resting my foot, not putting my weight on it. It takes me ages to do each car and there’s very little interest in my services now that, to put it bluntly, my tits aren’t hanging out. What does that say about the human race? Or the male of the species in particular?

After a miserable, long day and a measly fifty pounds, I call it quits. It would have been so easy to have carried on as I was. Another couple of weekends and I would have had my sponsorship money. As it is, I’m going to have to do it the hard way. But I haven’t quite worked out what that is yet.

I can’t rope my sister in because she’s in no fit state to do anything. I’m so worried about her. She’s not eating and she’s drinking way too much – although not Totally Tropical, which I doubt either of us will ever touch again.

Despite the Ashton twins embarrassing themselves royally at the disastrous Party Party boat event, I managed to keep my job. Perhaps if I hadn’t so roundly injured myself, it might have been a different story, but apparently, there were some Health and Safety issues surrounding dressing people as fruit without adequate training, and it was decided not to sack me in case I sued the pants off them. It’s the first time in my life that I have felt grateful for the ridiculous rules of the EU.

So, my ‘embarrassing incident’, as it will be referred to, has been swept under the carpet – at work, if not at home – though I’m sure it will go down in the annals of company folklore once the pain has subsided. At Chez Ashton, however, the matter will clearly not be forgotten quite so quickly.