Extract from Ben Elton's 'Dead Famous'

Day Seventeen. 10.00 a.m.
Back at work ? It was incredible. Terrible. Devastating.
During all the time she had been in the house, and indeed ever since she had recieved the thrilling news that she had been selected to join the House Arrest team, Layla had hardly dared to think of what she would be doing three days after leaving. Of course, she had allowed herself to dream a little and in her wildest fantasies had imagined herself juggling offers to model gorgeous clothes and to present exciting television programes about beauty products and alternative culture. In her worst moments of fear and doubt she had feared being lampooned in the tabloids and having to go on radio chat shows to defend her dippy-hippie ways. What she never ever imagined, however , was that she would be going back to work