‘SURPRISE, Mum!’
Jun 03, 2021
4 minutes
Rhea Martin, 24, Stockport
My boyfriend Luke cleared a space on the living room floor. ‘I’m doing an Instagram live workout – fancy it?’ he asked.
‘Sure,’ I laughed.
It was October 2020 and I’d still not shifted the dress size I’d gained during the first lockdown.
Luke, a personal trainer, and I often exercised together.
We’d met in a bar just a year earlier.
Despite recently moving in together, we were still in the honeymoon phase.
Yes, we’d tentatively talked about marriage, maybe kids one day.
We’d jokingly bandied around baby names we liked –
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