Her last selfie

Heather O’Brien-Evans, 44, Liverpool

Unloading shopping bags from the car, I handed them to my daughter Halle, then 19.

It was January 2019, and Halle, my eldest of four, was in her first year at uni.

Thankfully, she was only 10 minutes away, so I could pop round with supplies.

She was independent, but as far as I was concerned she was still my little girl.

‘Thanks, Mum,’ she smiled, pulling out cracker breads, her faves.

We unpacked while she told me about her plans for the weekend with her fiancé Eddie, also 19.

We’d always been more like best friends.

She was really