Kirsty Miller

Come on.

Where's this early purple, then?

This way?

I don't think it matters.

We can just follow our feet.

Oh, the sun was shining when I woke up this morning and I just thought...

rework good thought we'll have lunch later shall we unless you've got to get back to work not today then we're both free till school checks out excellent what's that bird the one going teacher teacher teacher uh yeah it's a great tip really they're quite small aren't they their song makes them sound much bigger they make their presence felt don't they shall we head towards the brook

For heaven's sake, Pip, why didn't you tell me?

I only told Stella initially, not even Mum at first.

And look, it was nothing after all.

No, a lump in your breast is not nothing, even if it does turn out to be a cyst.

You must have been terrified.

I tried not to be, but given Mum's history...

I kept having these sudden flashes of Rosie.

First day at big school, prom night, getting her degree, and me not there.

That's horrible.

I knew I shouldn't let my imagination run riot.

I hadn't even had the test yet.

It was ridiculous.

Not ridiculous.