Falling For You: The heartwarming and romantic holiday read from the million-copy bestselling author by Debbie Johnson

Author:Debbie Johnson [Johnson, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781409188100
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2023-05-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

We end up spending a few more nights in the area, as there is a great camping ground nearby where we can tend to all of Joy’s needs, and because Tasha and Lily and their family are staying there and Charlie wants to have more time with them.

He has never had a serious girlfriend, and I have never pushed him on which way his interests lie. It has simply never mattered to me, as long as he is happy. I am guessing from the lingering glances he shares with Lily, the older of the two, that his interests most definitely extend in her direction. I wonder if I should give him a talk about toxic masculinity and avoiding teen pregnancies but decide that I don’t need to. He is not even remotely toxic, and I am in no position to lecture anyone on the latter.

We are invited to their motorhome for a barbecue on one of the evenings, where Luke and their dad spend endless happy hours discussing their vehicles and their travels, and I get embroiled in embarrassing conversations with the mum, where I explain that Luke is not Charlie’s dad, and no, also not his stepdad, and no, also not my boyfriend. She looks so shocked when I explain the truth of the situation that I resolve there and then to simply say ‘yes, he’s my boyfriend, cute isn’t he?’ in the future.

I get a better grip on Joy’s functions and tackle exciting tasks like replacing the gas bottle and emptying the waste tank, and we spend our days exploring the nearby countryside and our nights sitting out and chatting and eating as though we are in the Mediterranean, not the Midlands. It is really rather splendid, aided by the fact that I stay off my emails and concentrate instead on the Sausage Dog Diaries.

Charlie does all of the boring stuff for me and also posts ferociously on social media. Lily is a whizz on it all as well and sets me up with all kinds of hashtags and promo ideas. I leave them to it, because it is not my scene, but smile in encouragement when they tell me I already have some followers. Apparently sausage dogs are ‘hot right now’, and a lot of the people who read my posts on the camping forums have joined in the fun. By the time we decide to move on, I have over 200 people signed up to the blog.

That is a slightly scary amount of people – what if I’m rubbish? What if I make a spelling mistake, or post a picture of my boobs by mistake, or, even worse, put an apostrophe in the wrong place? Writing on the forums felt anonymous and safe; this feels terrifying. I’ve always seen writing as a form of escape, but this seems to be becoming more than that, and I’m not sure I’m ready. I’m not sure I have the confidence for it.

I adapt my usual policy – Just Don’t Think About It – and simply carry on doing what I like doing.

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