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.Makes some people start to panic.Don'tknow why.''Oh,' I say after a slight pause.'Well& I'm nothing like them! I'll be fine!''Good,' says the driver.'Good,' I echo, a little less certainly, and look out of the window.I'll be fine.Of course I will.I've never been nervous in my life before, and I'm certainly not going tostart&2.5 million people.Gosh.When you think about it that is quite a lot, isn't it? 2.5 million people, all sitting at home,staring at the screen.Staring at my face.Waiting for what I'm going to say next.Oh God.OK, don't think about it.The important thing is just to keep remembering how well preparedI am.I rehearsed for ages in front of the mirror last night and I know what I'm going to say practicallyby heart.It all has to be at a very basic and simple level, Zelda said because apparently 76 per cent of theMorning Coffee audience are housewives looking after toddlers, who have very short attention spans.She kept apologizing for what she called the 'dumbing down effect' and saying a financial expert likemyself must feel really frustrated by it and of course, I agreed with her.But to be honest, I'm quite relieved.In fact, the more dumbed-down the better, as far as I'm concerned.I mean, writing a Daily World article with all my notes to hand was one thing, but answering trickyquestions on live TV is quite another.(A scary thought, actually not that I told Zelda that.I don't wanther to think I'm a total durr-brain.)So anyway, I'm going to start off by saying, 'If you were offered a choice between a carriage clockand ?20,000, which would you choose?' Rory or Emma will reply: '?20,000, of course!' and I'll say,'Exactly.Twenty thousand pounds'.I'll pause briefly, to let that figure sink into the audience's mind and then I'll say, 'Unfortunately, when Flagstaff Life offered their customers a carriage clock to transfertheir savings, they didn't tell them that if they did so, they would lose a ?20,000 windfall!'That sounds quite good, don't you think? Rory and Emma will ask a few very easy questions like'What can people do to protect themselves?', and I'll give nice simple answers.And right at the end, justto keep it light, we're going to talk about all the different things you could buy with ?20,000.Actually, that's the bit I'm looking forward to most of all.I've already thought of loads of things.Didyou know, with ?20,000 you could buy fifty-two Gucci watches, and have enough left over for a bag?The Morning Coffee studios are in Maida Vale, and as we draw near to the gates, familiar from theopening credits of the show, I feel a dart of excitement.I'm actually here.I'm actually going to be ontelevision!The doorman waves us through the barrier; we pull up outside a pair of huge double doors, and thedriver opens the door for me.As I get out my legs are shaking slightly, but I force myself to walkconfidently up the steps, into the reception hall, and up to the desk.http://www.fictionbook.ru/author/kinsella_sophie/the_secret_dreamworld_of_a_shopaholi.3/16/2006 The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic Page 113 of 140'I'm here for Morning Coffee,' I say, and give a little laugh as I realize what I've just said.'I mean& ' 'Iknow what you mean,' says the receptionist, kindly but wearily.She looks my name up on a list, jabs anumber into her phone, and says, 'Jane? Rebecca Bloomwood's here.' Then she gestures to a row ofsquashy chairs and says, 'Someone will be with you shortly.'I walk over to the seating area and sit down opposite a middle-aged woman with lots of wild dark hairand a big amber necklace round her neck.She's lighting up a cigarette, and even though I don't reallysmoke any more, I suddenly feel as though I could do with one myself.Not that I'm nervous or anything.I just fancy a cigarette.'Excuse me,' calls the receptionist.'This is a no smoking area.''Damn,' says the woman in a raspy voice.She takes a long drag, then stubs the cigarette out on asaucer and smiles at me conspiratorially.'Are you a guest on the show?' she says.'Yes,' I say.'Are you?'The woman nods.'Promoting my new novel, Blood Red Sunset.' She lowers her voice to a thrillingthrob.'A searing tale of love, greed and murder, set in the ruthless world of South American moneylaunderers.''Gosh,' I say.'That sounds really-''Let me give you a copy,' interrupts the woman.She reaches into a Mulberry holdall by her side andpulls out a vividly coloured hardback book.'Remind me of your name?'Remind her?'It's Rebecca,' I say.'Rebecca Bloomwood.''To Becca,' the woman says aloud, as she scrawls inside the front page.'With love and great affection.'She signs with a flourish and hands the book to me.'Gosh,' I say.'Thanks& ' quickly I look at the cover 'Elisabeth.'Elisabeth Plover.To be honest, I've never heard of her.'I expect you're wondering how I came to know such a lot about such a violent, dangerous world,' saysElisabeth.She leans forward and gazes at me with huge green eyes
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