Epilogue
Three Weeks Later
“How is Mummy doing?” Dale asked as he wandered up the white sand beach from the ocean where Lee was still swimming. That was how they referred to me now, Mummy, and I loved it every time that they did.
I had been reclining beneath the shade of a tree for a while with Kate at my side. Everything was right with the world and all the stress had melted away.
A week on holiday had been just what I needed to come to terms with everything that had happened.
“She’s been practically snoring for the past half an hour.” Kate chuckled.
“I have not!” I protested throwing my discarded sunhat at her. It knocked the book she’d been reading out of her hand.
“Damn! Now I’ve lost my page!” she exclaimed.
Lee appeared behind Dale then, and grabbed the towel off his sunbed t
