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Twisting the knife

Lindsey Allison, 41, Middlesbrough

Walking into the living room after my pub shift, I spied two familiar heads close together.

My brother Niki, then 25, and my son Taylor, 14, were playing Call of Duty on the Xbox.

‘Yes!’ came a yell of triumph from Taylor, followed by a sigh from Niki.

More like brothers than uncle and nephew.

I’d had Taylor when I was 20, and we’d lived with Niki and my mum Christine, then 47.

Niki had been just 11 when Taylor arrived, but he was

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