My life, my baby

unflappable. 'Kylie it's time to have a good time, a

she climbed into her car

her favorite pe

tion, M

ut

s that, as much as it could work for Al

ner every night, but she also didn't want to be the one

't enough time to c

church, grabbed her luggage, an

didn't open, so she scowled unt

't you do th

e had been quite particular about the time she

e had an aircraft to catch a

d that no amount of rattling the door wa

just a hair appointment. At the ho

., and she'd planned to relax with a leis

omas' birthday

of crying over a canc

airport, Kylie was

with presents and wrapping paper, and sh

it so d

iny, straight hair, she went to the airport and bought some hair serum an

her hair, resolving to straighten it tonight and again

ped through her prese

e in the emergency room, and she underst

of her precise notes and patient studies

ppens af

xa

en

exhaled

ife paralleled her

nd the purple tiles that would take an e

e would ever get there, but here she was, with

dent she had stepped in the emergency department and had been quickly ushered int

ole staff had brought her dire condition under control. Her heart, that stopped beating, had been restarted. H

ould die and yet she had made it to th

rd. she had gone in to see her, expecting what, she hadn't known. Certainly not a young l

y that. Instead, she'd chatted to her for a few minutes, unable to trul

Yes, at twenty years old she had known she was a long way off bei

had got th

was, coming to t

the rest

r eyes when she saw that her flight was dela

e was Alo

tag, not quite sure enough to buy it without checking,

this

and forgive any stuffed horses she might bring h

ume too, as well as her favourite

rding and kylie, along her

drown out the sound of overexcited children and their parents. As they disemba

ily, as it

l the airport shops and filling in numerous forms, she was doing her level best to hold i

as lost, her h

ad to deliver the most import

r breakfast was deli

rs ago and wished, how she wi

his birthday presents and

re to paint and each

orld they had been building. She missed, On

fact she had no make-up with her and so headed to

ggage, she was very grateful for the hair serum she had bought and a

after seven but already the air was warm. The coffee was hot and strong and kylie had tried to focus on her speech. It will be fine, she told herself,

hear her words, Kyl

e herself that it didn't matter

eu

she always t

out her today, she thought as

he painting the window frames on her last last lot of days off, rather than lying on the beach. Her hair she tied back with

slick of lip gloss and she wou

it for anything related to work, she liked how she looked. She wouldn't even have chosen anything it for anything out of work either. Generally she was

d herself r

ot afford the luxur

ght she would order room service a

she had

she headed out to register for the conference als

bag when the elevator doors opened and she l

ong yet he looked effortlessly smart in dark pants and a white shirt. all this

son that seemed far e

nd then frowned on her indecisi

function rooms had already been pressed and as she glanced to the side and down, anywhere

clearly had

r was he we

herself doing a very quick audit as to the number of garments that

t thinking

ing such ideas in her head, Kylie decided as he lift op

d Kylie shook her head. 'Actually, Bu

. 'I thought y

ndeed, because the locals, Kylie had worked out during her prolo

he shook

d he wished her a good da

ffered. He's hand

dded to the gathering crowd outs

stood there a little taken

O

, he'd had no idea really where she might have been

cided as he followed her over to the registr

d as she reached into her b

Ken.