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From the Flames

Plunging off the slide into the ball pit, my kids piled on top of me.

‘Me next!’ smiled my eldest, Alayah.

It was July 2016 and I was at an indoor play park with my daughter Alayah, then 23 months, and son Ayden, 5 months.

While me and the kids played, I caught a glimpse of my boyfriend Allen, then 24.

As usual, he was glued to his phone.

He never joined in.

When we'd first got together on my 18th birthday in January 2013, he had treated me like a princess.

Every morning, he'd turn up with my favourite coffee, walk me to school.

And a year later, I'd fallen pregnant.

‘We can do this

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