Boys Don't Knit (23 page)
Authors: T. S. Easton
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March
Just putting the finishing touches to Megan's birthday present. She's invited me around to her house for dinner. Her parents are going out and she's cooking for me.
I would have liked to have bought her something, but I'm a bit strapped at the moment. I've had a pile of orders for the Hoopie via Etsy, thanks to Miss Swallow modelling it for me and managing to look sweet and sexy at the same time. My site got hundreds of hits after I put that up. I have a sneaking suspicion a fair number of them might have been boys at my school but clearly not all since I got so many orders. I bought loads of wool using the voucher, just enough, I think. I calculate I stand to make nearly a thousand pounds though if I manage to fulfil all the orders, so it's just a temporary cash-flow problem.
So in the meantime, Megan had to put up with a sweater, using the wool she'd bought me for Christmas and inspired by the Ocean Spray, in scarlet. I was going to make her a Hoopie, but I thought it might seem weird if she had the same top as Miss Swallow.
Oh, nearly forgot. Neat Mr Hollis, the man from Virilia, sent me an email today.
Dear Ben,
Congratulations on your triumph at the AUKKC â JC! It was a remarkable day and the goat bite is healing nicely. I just wanted to give you advance âwarning' that you've been shortlisted for the Virilia Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Congratulations on that too. I'll be in contact soon with details of the awards ceremony but just wanted to check in now and make sure you are willing to accept the nomination, so could you please confirm by return?
Finally, regardless of that, we'd be interested in meeting with you here at Virilia Head Office to discuss your business going forward. I meant what I said when I told you Virilia invests in people and in you we can see some exciting opportunities.
Best wishes
Mark Hollis
Head of Investment
Oh, crapping hell. I'm supposed to be taking AS levels this year. And I have six Hoopies to knit, not to mention five outstanding tank-top orders. Then there's keeping Gex, Joz and Freddie out of trouble, and football to watch with Dad. And the last fifteen pages of
Fifty Shades of Graham
to edit.
Bright side. I don't need to finish that bloody ziggurat. And I've got Megan. Most importantly, I've got Megan.
I'll tackle the rest later.
One stitch at a time.
T. S. Easton is an experienced author of fiction for all ages and has had more than a dozen books published. He has written under a number of different pseudonyms in a variety of genres. Subjects include vampires, pirates, pandemics and teenage agony aunts (not all in the same book). He lives in Surrey with his wife and three children and in his spare time works as a
Production Manager for Hachette Children's Books.
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First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Hot Key Books
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ISBN: 978-1-4714-0148-0
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