Blind DATE

I still can’t believe you’ve talked me into this!’ I raise my gaze from my own reflection and watch Carrie’s eyes roll in hers.

‘Well, cancelling would be rude now, Mum.’ She pulls my hair through the tongs, a little harder than needed, to make a point of who’s in charge on this matter.

A blind date. What had got into her? And what had got into me to agree to it?

‘I’m too old for this