“I’m sorry”. I whispered. “I shouldn’t have said that”.

“Don’t apologise sweetheart”. My gran spoke. “It’s a lot to take in and digest and it’ll take time to process but take all the time you need because I want us all to be a family again, Leah. I regret a lot of things in life, but the one thing I regret the most is how I acted and how I treated you”.

“Can I ask why you just up and left?”.

“I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. I thought you’d be better ...