The Reject's Club

by Elaine Rockett

PART 2: THE FUTURE And so it begins- the sheer toil undertaken by a girl with a massive axe to grind. And then there are her disciples. As they mature and move into the future, the trio of Caroline, Elizabeth and Hayley all strive for a better life but of course, nothing can ever be straightforwardly simple. For romantic Hayley, who's dreamt of nothing more than love and motherhood, she discovers that marriage can be a very unhappy state of being. Elizabeth is surprised to find the fashion industry she so desperately wants to be a part of a rather ridiculous place, filled with appalling personalities. So she sets about finding her own lodestar, with the help of her new mentors. And workaholic Caroline wants to thumb her nose at all the people who have ever put her down in her life by becoming successful, rich and famous. And she achieves it through her writing career. But the route she takes is often the seediest way, as she desperately tries to shore up her destroyed sense of self-esteem...