There. We had a massive row this morning before I left for work, I knew then I wasn’t going to stay another night with him.”

“You know my feelings Mum, you should have left him years ago.”

I cleared up the dinner things while Mum finished sorting her clothes out, we both took a shower and went to bed. He struck a pose–hand on hip, head tilted–like he’d seen in some magazine ad,Gang Rape and smirked. “Nah.