Page 10 of The Life Daisy Devlin Designed
“So, I’m heading back down to Galway this weekend. Rosie’s twins are having their fifth birthday party. I’m hoping there’ll be wine.”
Laura arched an eyebrow. “I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to serve it to five-year-olds.”
Daisy grinned as her mobile phone started to ring. “Crap, where did I leave it?”
“Try your bag.” Laura reached over and handed it to her.
“Thanks.” Daisy groped around for a moment – it needed a major declutter. Her hand closed around the phone and she pulled it out to check the caller ID.
Oh God, it was Matt.
CHAPTER 5
She wasn’t ready. Four days of radio silence and now he called? He was deliberately messing with her head.
“Are you going to answer that?” Laura asked.
Daisy met Laura’s eyes. “It’s Matt. I’m not sure if I’m ready, Laura.”
“What did you expect? You messaged him!”
“I know.” Daisy’s mouth dried. She reached out to grab her bottle of water, accidentally hitting it off the table and sending it rolling across the room.
Laura went and picked it up and unscrewed the top before handing it to her.
“Thanks.” Daisy gulped some down.
“He’s persistent,” said Laura. “Still ringing.”
“Okay, what do I say to him?”
“You could try hello.” Laura shot her a quick, sympathetic look. “Or maybe ‘Hello, fucker’?”
Daisy was too nervous to laugh. This had been such a bad idea.
The phone stopped ringing.
Fine. She could just ring him back. She’d phone him back when she could breathe properly again. But if she left it too long he’d think she was doing that because he’d left it for ages to phone her.
“Shit.”
Laura sighed. “Are you going to call him back?”
“I can’t! Not now! Or maybe I should, should I?”
Laura sighed. “Fuck it, it’s like first year in college!”
Daisy’s phone started to ring again, and she dropped it onto her desk, where it moved towards her, buzzing like a small, angry animal.
“It’s Matt again.”
“Are you not going to answer again?”
“You’re not helping, Laura.”
Daisy took two deep breaths and swiped.
“Hi, Matt.” She sounded breathy and tried to quietly clear her throat.
