Idea by Suzza101 (backtothebay): As a suggestion I was thinking of maybe one of Kyle coming home from school and finding out that his mum had passed away, he was only a kid when it happened and I can imagine it being pretty traumatising.

Chapter 7 – Loss Can Be Traumatising

School Gates

It was the end of the school day and eight-year-old Kyle came running out of the school gates expecting to see his mum waiting for him but he couldn't see her.

Kyle decided to wait for five minutes just in case she was stuck in traffic and that was why she was late, however once those five minutes were ok she still wasn't there and he was the only person still stood outside the school so he headed off in the direction of home.

25 minutes later…

Kyle's Street

As Kyle rounded the corner onto his street he immediately noticed how busy it was. Kyle thought to himself that it was unusual as the street is never busy at this time of the day.

As he approached his house he suddenly became aware of the police car parked outside, Kyle quickly ran inside.

Kyle's House

As Kyle entered the house he saw two policemen sat on his sofa with a woman he had never seen before.

Officer Martin turned his head and noticed the young boy stood in the doorway: "Hello, you must be Kyle."

"Ye Yeah." Kyle stammered "Who a are y yo you?"

"I'm Office Martin, this is my partner Office Hall and this lovely lady is called Claire."

"Hello Kyle." Claire said to him.

"Wh why are you in m my hou house?"

"Sweetheart I need you to come and sit down as we have something to tell you."

Kyle looked at the three adults and started to worry as he didn't understand why they were in his house but his mum was nowhere to be seen. He then walked over to the sofa and sat down.

"Kyle, what I'm about to tell you is going to make you sad for a while."

"Then why are you going to tell me?" Kyle asked

"Because I have to sweetheart and I wish I didn't have to."

"Well, can you not wait until my mam gets here because she will have to know as well?"

Officer Martin and his partner looked at Claire as soon as Kyle had mentioned his mum.

"What is it? Why are you all looking at each other like that?" Kyle quizzed them.

Claire sighed as she thought to herself how at time she hated her job: "Kyle, we can't wait for your mum to get here."

"Why not? I'm sure she wouldn't be long?"

"Kyle unfortunately your mum passed away this afternoon while you were at school."

"What do you mean by passed away?"

"What Claire is trying to say Kyle is that your mum has gone away to a better place." Officer Martin tries to help the woman.

"Why does she need to go to a better place without me?"

Claire could tell she was going to have her hands full with Kyle: "Kyle your mum died this afternoon and the better place that Officer Martin mentioned is called heaven."

Kyle looked at her and tried to process what she had just said: "Your lying my mum hasn't died."

Office Martin could see the hurt in Kyle's eyes and instantly felt sorry for the kid, as he had looked around the house earlier he could tell that Kyle had no one but his mum which meant that Claire was going to have to place him with a foster family.

"I'm not Kyle, I'm so sorry." Claire says apologetically.

"YOU ARE LYING!" Kyle shouts and then runs to his bedroom.

The three adults just sit there and watch him run off.

"What is going to happen to him?" Officer Martin asks.

"Well he will be placed with a temporary foster family until we can find him somewhere more permanent." Claire explains.

"Will that still be here so he can stay at his school?"

"I can't be certain as it all depends on who would be able to care for Kyle the best. So that could mean he could end up having to go to another school."

"So his whole world is going to be turned upside down?"

"Unfortunately yes as I can't know if there is a foster family here in this district that could look after Kyle. Now if you will excuse me I am going to check on Kyle." Claire said as she got up and left the room.

Office Martin told his partner to go and contact the station to let them know they will be back as soon as possible.

While he did that Office Martin pulled out his phone and called his wife and explained the situation and how he thinks they should help Kyle so he doesn't have to move schools and lose all of his friends in the same week he had just lost his mum.

25 minutes later…

Claire and Kyle reappeared with all of his stuff that he would need and sat back down on the sofa.

"Claire could I possibly talk to you for a minute?" Office Martin asked.

"Sure. Kyle can you just stay here please." Claire said to the young boy.

The two of them went into the kitchen and talked about how him and his wife were foster carers and they would like to help Kyle so that why he didn't have to leave his school and friends. Claire explained to him that the situation is a difficult one and she can't guarantee that they could look after Kyle and Office Martin asked her to try as they really wanted to help him.

"Ok I will talk to my boss but for now Kyle will have to go to a temporary foster home." Claire said then walked back into the main area of the house to get Kyle.

As they were leaving Office Martin said: "Bye Kyle and I will see you soon mate."

"Bye Officer Martin." Kyle said as tears continued to stain his face.

Kyle walked out of the house and got into Claire's car where he just burst out crying as he silently said goodbye to his own home.