Rachael
Dad jumps up from his seat and reaches me in one long stride, he pulls me out of Zander’s grasp and gives me the tightest hug I’ve ever felt.
“Dad! Can’t… breath!” I squeak, he chuckles and lets me go slightly I can feel him crying on my shoulder and I lightly rub his back. He casually wipes his tears away before he turns to the rest of the group who are looking at us. I walk over to DeeDee and smile before I sit down next to Arabella who dramatically throws herself at me and cries loudly. I rub my hand on Arabella’s back
“hey, I’m ok” I whisper into her ear and she slowly start to calm down “see” I hold her at arm’s length and smile sweetly at her. Arabella returns the smile.
I look at everyone sat around the table “so what are we talking about then?” I casually ask looking
