Don't You Love Your Daddy?: The shocking true story of a by Sally East with Toni Maguire

By Sally East with Toni Maguire

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Lost in a fog of drink and depression, she gazed blankly at him and said the day had slipped away without her noticing. The row between them developed from there with each having a different agenda. He wanted her to see how furious he was at her neglect, and she was trying to divert his attention from the fact that she had been drinking. ‘You spend money like water,’ he shouted. ‘Do you think it grows on trees? ’ ‘Things are expensive, these days, David,’ she said. ‘Drink is, you mean! ’ She tried to deny it but we all struggled to understand what she said because her speech was so slurred.

The shapes resembled the ingredients of a hamburger. The players’ aim was to deliver each component to another team member, who was waiting at the far end of the course. They would then return to the start, allowing another team member to complete the same task. Because the items were so large there were lots of false starts and falls and we laughed at their antics. Leaning against her, I noticed her stomach had grown big and asked her why. ‘It’s because there’s a baby inside it,’ she told me. I don’t remember much of the following months, just that my mother got larger and larger.

As the ambulance disappeared from view I threw myself on to the pavement and screamed. I felt my nana’s arms going round me and trying to lift me but it was Pete who carried me inside and placed me on the settee where my mother had lain. They both leaned over me, making soothing sounds, and my nana told me that my mother was going to be all right. But no amount of reassurance could stop my howls of fear. It was not until I was too exhausted to cry any more that, with my grandmother’s arms around me, I finally fell asleep and was carried back to my bed.

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