How cruel it seems! Out simple existence turned upside down in less than three months of arguments, tears and hatred. Is that all it is, three months since Mother died? For Eleanor and I, it has been a dreadful time. We have whispered to each other while sitting in the garden or in the security of our bedroom, "How could he do it, our kind-hearted Father? How could he bring her into our home so soon after Mother's death?"
Even now, as I lie in bed in our oak-beaed bedroom, I can hear vague snatches of our stepmother's callous voice...
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Written by Andrew & Tom Craig and programmed by Sue Medley.