Pick Me Up! Special

ROAD TO TRAGEDY

Peeling my eyes away from my favourite morning show, I almost didn’t notice the time.

‘It’s already gone 10.20am,’ I exclaimed to my husband Bryan, 69.

‘We need to pick up Jeanette soon.’

I was so absorbed in the latest episode of Jeremy Kyle, I forgot we were picking up our daughter Jeanette, 42, to go shopping.

Jeanette and I had a special bond

Getting up from the sofa, Bryan handed me the house phone, and I quickly dialled Jeanette’s number.

‘Hope you didn’t forget about me,’ she laughed down the phone.

‘It’s just such a good episode,’ I exclaimed, giggling.

It was Monday morning, and every

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