Too Scared to Tell: Part 3 of 3. Cathy Glass

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Copyright

      Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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      First published by HarperElement 2020

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      Text © Cathy Glass 2020

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      Cover photograph © Johner Images/Getty Images (posed by a model)

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      Source ISBN: 9780008380380

      Ebook Edition © February 2020 ISBN: 9780008380434

      Version: 2019-12-18

      Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Contents

      5  Chapter Twenty-One: Good and Bad News

      6 Chapter Twenty-Two: Adoption

      7  Chapter Twenty-Three: Photographs

      8  Chapter Twenty-Four: Break My Heart

      9  Chapter Twenty-Five: Unsettled

      10  Chapter Twenty-Six: Court Case

      11  Chapter Twenty-Seven: Retiring?

      12  Chapter Twenty-Eight: Leaving

      13  Chapter Twenty-Nine: Unexpected News

      14  Suggested topics for reading-group discussion

      15  Cathy Glass

      16  Moving Memoirs

      17  Praise for Cathy Glass

      18  About the Publisher

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Chapter Twenty-One

       Good and Bad News

      Our holiday was everything we’d hoped for. Endless days of warm sunshine, clear blue skies, azure sea, golden sands, delicious food and buckets of the holiday spirit that makes people smile. Having said that, taking a child on holiday is obviously different to adults going away, as children need to be supervised the whole time, and large parts of the day are built around what they want to do. But Paula and I didn’t mind. It was a delight to see Oskar so carefree and enjoying himself. Paula, away from her college work, had time to chill on a sunbed too. Not having to cook was a luxury for me. We were all-inclusive, so breakfast, lunch and dinner were provided, buffet-style, СКАЧАТЬ