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Once upon a time I was sweet and innocent – then shit happened.
I was a normal young girl, with parents, and a brother, and a life.
Then my brother got sick with Leukaemia, and everything began to fall apart.
When my brother died, any resemblance of a family died too – my mother unravelled mentally, my father withdrew, and I was left trying to hold everything together. It was like juggling chainsaws, and just when I thought I’d got into a routine, someone added another one.
And then I got partnered with Tommy Lynley, who I believed was just another chainsaw sent to unbalance my precarious circus act.
I was wrong.
Working with him gave me a reason to get up in the morning, a glimmer of normal in a world that was sharp and cruel.
The one person who, on paper at least, was my worst nightmare turned out to be anything but.