Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi

Author:Penny Vincenzi
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780385523141
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2007-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

By the end of the weekend, Kate was feeling better. She couldn’t help it. Yes, it had been awful, the shock; yes, she felt hideously ashamed still, that everyone knew what had happened to her, that everyone must be pointing her out, saying that’s the girl whose mother just threw her away; she still felt as if she was walking down the road with all her clothes off, naked and exposed; and yes, it was horrible to have trusted someone like Carla and then found yourself totally let down. It was appalling to think that one of those women who had phoned up might be her birth mother, and that she was having to wait quietly when the most tumultuous discovery in her life might be within reach. She wanted to rush into the offices of the Sketch and demand to see the list, see the women, organise the DNA testing. But it was also quite nice, she had to admit, to have not just the Sketch but papers like the Sunday Times describing you with words like “beautiful” and “dazzling,” and to see your pictures in them, as well.

And to have model agencies ringing up, asking you to go and see them, and even magazines, asking if they could come and interview you—that was pretty cool.

And then there was Nat. It had almost been worth it all, to have Nat calling her twice a day and taking her out in the Sax Bomb and saying what about going to the Fridge this Saturday. She’d said that would be cool, that she’d most definitely come; she’d worry about her parents and what they might say when the time came. The thing they didn’t understand—that nobody seemed to understand—was what a nice person Nat was. The first thing he’d said when she’d got in the car was, “You all right?” and, “Yes,” she’d said, yes, she was fine, thank you. And he’d said, “I meant about the story in the paper, like, about your mum,” and it had completely wiped her out, that he’d understood how she might be feeling, had thought about it. He’d obviously read the article properly, because he’d said, with that grin of his, that he’d liked the way she’d talked about his clothes and his car.

Then he leant forward and started to kiss her; he was a very good kisser. Nice and slow and careful, his tongue moving round, sort of stroking hers. Kate hadn’t experienced good kissing before and it was wonderful. They were parked on the edge of a park, under some trees; it was terribly romantic.

“You going to do more of this modelling, then?” he said, when he had finally finished, and lit a cigarette.

“Course,” she said.

“Cool. I wouldn’t mind coming along, if they ever wanted a bloke,” he added.

Kate said she didn’t know how it worked, but she could ask, if the occasion arose.

“Yeah, right,” he said, and drove her home in silence. Or as close to silence as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, at top volume, would permit.

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