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Amanda Bailey
Any number of people, surely? You can’t have pissed off just one person your whole life
Amanda Bailey
Or, radical proposition here: it’s merely a fault on the line.
Oliver Menzies
There’s someone or something there. They’re trying to get through, struggling to communicate. Mand, I’m not crazy, you know that, but these calls come at 4.44 a.m. Every single day. What are the angels trying to tell me?
WhatsApp messages between my agent Nita Cawley and me, 28 July 2021:
Nita Cawley
Everything OK?
Amanda Bailey
Yes thanks
Amanda Bailey
Is something wrong?
Nita Cawley
I’ve had an email saying you’re working too hard on the book. Someone is worried about you.
Amanda Bailey
Oliver! HE’S worried about ME? It’s him who’s taking phone calls from angels FFS!
Amanda Bailey
The only thing he’s worried about is being dropped by Green Street. He’s trying to get my book cancelled or at the very least postponed so HE’S in a stronger position with THEM. I know how his mind works. He’s playing you. Don’t fall for it, Nita.
Nita Cawley
It’s not Oliver Menzies.
Amanda Bailey
Who then?
Nita Cawley
Ellie Cooper. She says you’re working round the clock and this case is dredging up childhood trauma.
Amanda Bailey
So much for confidentiality. Is it any wonder I don’t talk about feelings? This is what happens when I do.
Nita Cawley
She’s just concerned, that’s all.
Amanda Bailey
