‘You have THREE WEEKS to live’
Shayne Probert, 32, Glen Eagle, Qld
My stomach twisted in knots as I dialled.
Pick up, I thought, willing my mum, Doreen to answer.
When I’d woken at 6.30am to get my girls, Alyssia, eight, and Amelia, four, ready, I’d a missed call from local police.
Seeing it, I instantly knew something had happened to Mum. Now she wasn’t answering my calls or texts.
What has he done to her?
I thought, fear coursing through my body.
Growing up, Mum was always the life of the party.
She’d had her girls – me and my sister Tabitha, now 34, – when she was pretty young, so we’d basically all grown up together.
We’d turn the radio up and spend hours dancing around the living room, singing Alanis Morissette and Bon Jovi songs at the top of our lungs.
