Like one of the family
Dec 21, 2021
4 minutes
Lorraine, 18, Northamptonshire
Watching Mum pull the mince pies from the oven, my tummy rumbled. They smelt delicious.
‘Leave them alone,’ Mum warned. ‘They’re for Bradley.’
‘Yeah, yeah,’ I grumbled.
But I was only pretending.
Like Mum and Dad, I thought the world of Bradley Jones, then 16.
He was my brother Freddie’s best mate.
He was kind, funny and thoughtful.
It was December 2014, and as I watched Bradley walk up our driveway, I rushed to open the door.
‘Can you help me with my homework later?’ I begged.
I was only 11.
Freddie laughed as he came downstairs to greet
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