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BOILING POINT

Boiling the kettle, I got the milk out of the fridge before realising that I couldn’t make my usual drink.

There’s not enough left, I thought, unable to make my typical morning iced brew.

Normally waking up at 7am, I’d leave my hubby Danyal, 23, to snooze as I headed to the kitchen, before sticking something on the TV for my daughter Alayla, now one.

Which is exactly what I did on 16 August 2023.

After celebrating Alayla’s first birthday just the day before, coffee was exactly what I needed.

With pink balloons around the room and a smash cake in the fridge, we’d made the day as special as we could.

So somewhat returning to normality, getting Alayla’s porridge and toast ready, that’s when I realised I didn’t have enough milk left for me.

I heard a crash from the kitchen

, I thought.

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