"Well I hope you'll find somebody who you trust and who you care about in that way," she said, meaning it. Everybody deserved somebody and she felt a pang of regret that she wasn't curled up on a sofa with Joe or taking Toby to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. "You'll find them when you least expect it, you know? It always works that way."
She shook her head. "Networking sites are different - It's your real friends but it's just a new medium of staying in contact through messages, setting up events and knowing who will be coming. Far easier than calling a hundred people to invite them to a charity event," she explained. "I do hang out with most of the people on there, it's just not always easy to do so with my hours and Toby."
Allison overheard somebody say Audrey and she paused. "Dylan, I must try and talk to James's aunt. I'll see you later, back at the house if nothing else," she said with a smile before slipping into the crowd and following the voice she'd heard.