Page 2 of One More Shot
ELIOTT!!!!!
PLEASE HELP
EMERGENCY. 999.
ELZZZZZZZZZ
ELIOTT
What? What’s happened? Are you okay? Where are you?
No response.
Oh God.
I feel my Prosecco start to climb back up my throat and my mind starts swimming with worst-case scenarios. My baby sister, injured in a ditch somewhere, alone and afraid.
ELIOTT
Leanne????
Please answer.
LEANNE
soz, jen just sent me a snap and I had to reply
So not dying in a ditch then. Great.
ELIOTT
Jesus fucking christ, Leanne. I was worried about you.
You said it was an emergency.
LEANNE
it IS an emergency
can u send me £50 plssssss
promise i’ll pay u back
as soon as my student loan drops
A paragraph of about one hundred praying emojis comes through next and I resist the urge to hurl my phone at the wall. Leanne is seventeen and enjoying her last summer before she starts her degree in September. It seems like barely two days can pass without her hitting me up for money, a ride, or some other kind of favour.
ELIOTT
Ask Mum.
LEANNE
she said to ask u
ELIOTT
Of course she did.
