The Bend In The Wave – Author's Note

If you have been paying attention, you will know that I wrote this story for an amazing young woman called Cat. When I started writing it, I honestly didn't know if she would be alive to see it finished, but after a year in hospital and two new livers later, Cat is alive and well and unleashing beautiful chaos upon an unsuspecting world.

TigerCat, CatAttack, Catherine the Great – all of the nicknames we have for her are testament to the kind of woman she is – the very embodiment of the words "Be Brave". And in these harshest of times I would like to assure you that real life does sometimes have the most glorious of happy endings. Cat is taking life by storm, reunited with her beautiful girlfriend and getting ready to start university next year – to study marine biology! Trust me, the world is a better place with Cat in it, and the planet will be safer in her hands.

So once again I would like to thank you for all of your support and well wishes. I know they helped her a lot when times were bad. And I'm glad so many of you enjoyed the story along with us. I only had one purpose with it, and that was to make Cat happy. I could have gone further with it. I'm very fond of these characters, and I would have loved to have seen what would have happened if I'd reintroduced Anthea into Effy's life for example. But I've decided to end it here for one simple reason – it's someone else's turn.

There's another beautiful girl who is still in hospital and likely to be there for a while. There was a point not so long ago where she was in a coma, and I made her friend go in and tell her that if she woke up, I would write a story for her too. And seeing as Hypes never breaks a promise to a lady, it is time to make good on my word.

Well two words really – expect Keffy and fireworks (real ones!) – watch this space.

And finally to Cat, my friend and my inspiration – I love you, and I'll see you down on the wave some time….