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Our happy place

Wrapping up the show I’d been performing on in May 2009, I was eager to celebrate with the cast.

As a classical opera singer, I loved being up on stage and when a show came to an end, there was nothing better than cheering it off with a drink.

Only, when all the cast decided to call it a night instead, I had to think of an alternative plan.

Pulling out my phone, I dialled the number of the guy I’d been chatting to.

‘Hi, do you fancy going for a drink tonight?’ I awkwardly asked the voicemail when he didn’t pick up.

Only, not minutes later, my phone buzzed.

‘It’s Jay, I was in the bath,’ he explained. ‘Yes, let’s do it.’

Despite talking for a number of weeks, this was the first time we’d met, and we had so much fun.

We agreed to meet up again and by the end of the

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