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Last act of LOVE

Hearing the shrill ring of my home phone, I stirred from my sleep.

It was early one morning in February 2018.

Reaching for the handset, I shot wide awake when I heard the panic in my nephew’s voice.

‘Grandma and Grandad are in hospital,’ Ben, who was then 32, said.

‘What?’ I gasped.

Rushing to collect my things, I fled through the door within minutes.

As I raced towards the hospital, my mind went into overdrive.

Mum and Dad both in hospital.

And I couldn’t help but think I knew why…

Were my worst fears really coming true?

See, in May 2015,

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