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THE MAN WE LOVE GONE FOREVER

‘I didn’t know how to live without him’

Becci Matthews, 40, lives in Bristol with her two daughters, aged 12 and five.

Andrew Matthews whizzed past me on the ice rink, with a cocky wink. I was his new boss and he was a bit annoying, to be honest.

But I finally fell for his cheeky charm, and I fell deep.

‘We really are grown-ups now,’ Andrew laughed when we learned our daughter Ava was on her way. From the moment Ava arrived in November 2009, being a good dad was important to Andrew because he never knew his own father.

Ava started school in September 2014 and we walked her there together as a family,

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