7 am in the morning and the events of the day before are still fresh in my memory. I get up, get dressed and go into the kitchen where Mum has made breakfast. She has a cheery smile on her face, but it's unconvincing and even usually happy Ellie looks down. The atmosphere seems sort of fake and unreal.

'What's happened?' I ask,but I already know

Mum's smile slips from her face and she sighs. She looks kind of defeated because I could see right through her mask of happiness.

'Your Dad's gone.' She half sobs and puts her head in her hands.

If it had been a week ago then I probably would have cheered, but now it just doesn't seem appropriate.

'He left this,' she says, handing me a hurriedly written letter.

After everything, she still thinks he cares….

Sid sat up in the hospital bed as Mum walked in. He grinned at her and she rushed over and flung her arms round him. Ellie came in just behind, sipping a cup of water brimming with ice.

'Sid? Are you alright?' She asks when she's realised him from the hug.

'Mum I'm fine.' He sighs but then looks over to the door and decides he's definitely not fine. He puts his head back on the pillow and closes his eyes.

'Sid, Sid?' Mum looks alarmed but I'm not worried. I've already seen who's at the door.

'What's wrong with him? Toots get a doctor.' Mum cries, but I don't.

'What's wrong with him? Is he all right? I came as soon as you rang.' It's Dad, looking all concerned.

'I don't know. He was, but now, oh I don't know…' Mum's goes into a panic. Dad puts his arm around her shoulders and turns to me.

'Toots get a doctor, we've got to know what's wrong.'

'We don't need a doctor, I already know what's wrong.'

'Yeah, and what's that.'

'You,' I say and Dad looks angry

'What have I done?'

'This is you're fault.'

'How?'

'He saw you and her at the pub together, he saw and he ran. It's your fault.'

'What are you talking about?'

'You've been talking money, I know you have and you're back with that women. That's why you're back, to see her, not to be with us. You just needed somewhere to live.'

'That is not true.'

'It is, tell him, tell him Sid.' By now, Sid has his eyes open and is glaring at Dad.

'I saw you, you haven't changed. I hate you.'

Shock crosses Dad's face which soon turns to anger.

'I have changed. You're just listening to Toots, she's trying to turn you against me. She's lying.'

'No she's not, I saw you with my own eyes.'

'No, it wasn't me, it was someone else.'

'If it wasn't you, then you wouldn't be this angry.' I point out

'I would, I hate being accused when I'm innocent.'

'But you're not innocent,' Sid says 'I don't want you here, go away.'

Dad sighs and then there's a moment of silence.

'Right I get it, you don't want me around. Fine I'll go.' And with that he got up and left. Only Mum bothered to try and call him back...

I look at the letter in my hands. I put it down, I don't want to read.

'Read it.' Mum says

'Why?'

'Because he's your Dad, give him a chance.'

'I did but he let us down, don't you see?'

'No, he only wanted us to be happy.'

'But he cared more for himself.'

'No he didn't.'

'He did. Ask anyone – his own mother said he was a horrid, greedy egoistic pig.'

'So? He came back and now he's gone. Because of you.'

Mum got up and stormed out, leaving just me, Ellie and the letter.