The Girl Who Lived Twice by Tina Clough

Author:Tina Clough
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2013-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The office had suddenly become claustrophobic and everything Mia did seemed irritatingly trivial and uninviting. She longed for this endless Monday to be over, so she could go home and see if Steve Irwin had replied. She tried to understand the underlying reason for her listless mood and why it made everything she tried to work on seem so boring; maybe it was like the post-baby blues you hear about - the build-up is intense and full of anticipation and excitement, and then suddenly it is over – and nobody would dare admit that after the first week they think: “Is that it? Where are the tickertape parades and the brass bands?”

The previous week had been so full of activity and new ventures, new people and discoveries, that time had flown. She had been full of energy and had felt capable of anything. Now she sat at her desk armed with a pen and looking blankly at the pages of a report she must edit and wondered how she would last to the end of the day. The thought of Irwin’s reaction to her letter and CD had been uppermost in her mind since she first opened her eyes that morning.

Grant Clarkson came by to discuss her involvement in his project. “Alan seems pretty relaxed about it, he said he was happy for us to map it out between us.”

“OK, that’s good. How long will it go on for? I can be flexible with my time most weeks, but sometimes I might have to negotiate with others to be available.”

“Oh, it’ll definitely need to be flexible. I’m giving the teams two weeks for the preliminary brainstorming sessions and a bit of detailed workup in amongst it. And you’ll be up-to-date with their suggestions and plans and able to critique them from a business angle. I think I’d like to involve you for a bit longer with whichever creative team gets the go-ahead.”

Mia entered the first project meeting on Wednesday in her computer calendar and felt marginally more upbeat when Grant left. This was something new and different and it would give her an insight into the whole development process. Until now she had only contributed to projects on an ad-hoc basis when her skills were needed; the opportunity to see the entire process was exciting.

Just after three Alice rang from reception and asked if Mia was ready to go for a cup of coffee. They met in the corridor and went up the stairs discussing their respective weekends. Mia sensed a restraint in Alice, as if she was bracing herself to talk about something difficult. She decided to provide a relaxed opening.

“I loved that shawl you bought on Saturday – you looked gorgeous prancing around showing it off.”

“Did you really think so? I was a bit worried afterwards that I’d got carried away and behaved like a real twit?”

“Goodness no, not at all!” Mia was genuinely surprised. Surely this wasn’t what Alice was worried about. “You looked so sweet and funny, like a little girl with a new dress.

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