"Come on Gretel please wake up." A thirteen year old boy sat on the floor at the bottom of the stairs repeatedly shaking his sister and trying to get her to say something. At some point he could have sworn he saw her twitch but that could have just been nerves.

"I rang everywhere and couldn't find your mother, but an ambulance is on its way." Mrs Sullivan assured the boy as she entered the room.

"That bloody ambulance is taking it's time."

"Mind your tongue Nathan." Mrs Sullivan scolded. "They will get here as quickly as possible. Now keep talking to your sister while I keep trying to locate your mother."
Terri jumped out of her car and ran through the rain up the front steps to pick up Lucy, just seconds before her mobile started to buzz in her handbag on the passenger seat. The ID flashed 'mum & dad'.
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