Chapter Five
Becca
I stepped into my mum and dad’s house and told them I was going to get myself and Laurel changed. I needed out of the black formal clothes. I put Laurel a t-shirt and shorts on and I dressed in my pyjamas and added a robe.
“Daddy home soon?” Laurel said, her big brown eyes staring up at me. She held her fairy doll, Luna, tight under her arm.
“Oh, sweetie.” I picked her up and placed her on my knee. “Do you remember what I told you?” I stroked my hand through her dark curls. “The angels took Daddy up to heaven. He got very, very ill.”
“I want Daddy.”
Her bottom lip wobbled and I hugged her closer to me, inhaling the sweet smell that was all my baby girl. “Me too, Laurel. Me too.”
I stroked her back. She curled up into me and before long, soft little breaths came fr
