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Caroline closed the front door behind her, glad to shut the world outside. She wasn’t sure what time it was. She couldn’t even be certain of the day. All she knew was that she needed to down a glass of wine and head to bed. She was beyond exhausted, in every sense of the word.
‘Hey you,’ Mark said, noticing her come in. ‘I wondered when you’d be back. The boys waited up for you.’
‘Mum!’ Archie called, running out from the living room and hugging her. She pulled Mark into the embrace too, and gestured for a reluctant Josh to join them.
In that moment, she had everything she wanted. The horrors of the last few days were behind her for now, even though a number of them were going to need to be faced head on.
She’d sit Mark and the boys down and tell them what the consultant had said.
