The phone rang. Bridget picked it up instinctively, the early morning phone calls were normally for her. They had needed a lift to school anyway as there mum, after getting a phone call, hurried away without a word.
"Hello"
"Bridget, oh Bridget"
Her Mums voice answered, her voice was full of emotion and tears.
"Mum, are you okay? What is it?"
"It's your Dad, he collapsed in the supermarket, and…. And"
Kate burst into tears.
"Mum? Mum!"
The phone was passed onto some on else.
"Hello, is this Bridget Hennessey?"
"Yes, what is wrong with my Dad?"
There was a pause "I'm sorry there was nothing we could do for him"
Bridget let the phone drop. She never even heard the phone fall on the floor.
"Bridge? Are you okay?" Kerry, her sister, had been watching her "What's wrong with Dad?"
"Kerry, he's…. he's… oh Kerry he died"
Kerry lip quivered "What?"
"He's dead" Bridget felt the tears fall. Their brother, Rory, was stood frozen at the top of the stairs, his face white and shocked. His eyes big and fearful. He bit his lip and walked down the stairs to his sisters. They enveloped each other in a hug, they were all heartbroken. They all knew that life would change. Bridget collapsed against them crying.
"I never even said goodbye"
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