She replies saying she’s free now and sits and waits. Just when everything seems doomed, though, her phone buzzes and when she checks it she finds a message from Della offering to meet up. With no job and no funds to her name, the latter is particularly stressful for her and she breaks down in tears at an emergency meeting with Terry at Ego Death Bar. She doesn’t have to worry about the second for long though – a call to meet with her agents quickly follows, where she’s told she’s been dropped by Henny House, dropped by her reps and will somehow have to pay back the money she’s been given as an advance. “I don’t know exactly,” Bella responds and leaves without securing the meeting and with an angry publisher to boot. Instead, Susy corners her about her own book, asking for a progress update, a word count, any evidence that she’s done some work on it. She heads to Susy Henny’s (Franc Ashman) office and asks her if she can introduce them, clearly expecting to get the answer she wants. Not to be deterred, Bella decides to try a different path – her publishers. She sends the second one in a DM and quickly gets blocked. With Terry (Weruche Opia) and her housemate Ben’s (Stephen Wright) help, she films two videos to send to her on social media – the first passionate and normal, but deemed by Terry “too earnest” the second featuring her sat on the toilet, quirkily highlighting all the things they have in common (mainly that they’re women signed to Henny House). She’s so moved by the novel that, when she finishes it, she decides the only person who can help her finish her own draft is Della. Instead of focusing on her own book, Arabella has her nose stuck in someone else’s – The Sundial by fellow Henny House writer Della Croydickie.
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