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    Hannah’s mum speaks out She’ll be beautiful FOREVER

    Jan 20, 2021 6 minutes
    As told to Beth Young

    Sue Clarke, 59, Camp Hill, Qld

    What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I asked my toddler Hannah.

    ‘Beautiful!’ mine and my husband Lloyd’s bright little button declared with a smile that lit up the room.

    As she grew up, our daughter’s dreams for the future changed.

    There was just a two-year difference between Hannah and her brother, Nat, but she loved fussing over him.

    ‘One day, I want to be a mum!’ she’d say.

    Fast forward, aged 19, Hannah was teaching gym to kindy students at our local Police Citizens Youth Club when she met Rowan.

    A single father, aged 30, he’d brought in his son for vacation care. Smitten, Hannah dubbed him ‘hot dad’. Sweeping her off her feet, he treated her to a whirlwind of fancy dinners and weekends away.

    But when I met him, his charm didn’t work on me.

    I didn’t like him. And the 11-year age difference worried me. Sensing my unease, Rowan tried hard to impress

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