I shout as I come down the stairs, my little girl squirming in my arms. She’s clinging to me, and holding on determinedly to Bunny, a scrubby rabbit, she insists on sleeping with. I can never get it away from her to put in the wash, so poor Bunny is quite filthy. I love the feeling of her against me, the warmth of her breath against my neck, the way she puts her hands round me so trustingly. However difficult my life is sometimes, I’d never be without her. Mum had said she was picking Lou Lou up for me, but my granny has come to stay unexpectedly, and I know she’s very stressed. “I already said, didn’t I?” Mum says in exasperated tones I know well, giving Lou Lou a tickle under the chin. “I know,” I say, “I just don’t want to be a nuisance, what with Gran and everything.” Mum’s so busy, she’s working on a new TV series, as well as coping with Gran and my brothers and sisters, I hate putting her under more pressure.
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