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Sisters with a secret

Helen, 43, Cambridgeshire

Silently creeping onto the landing, me and my little sister peeped through the banisters.

From the top of the stairs, we could see a tall man hugging our mum.

'Who's that?' Angela, then 8, asked.

'Must be Mum's new boyfriend,' I whispered.

Our dad wasn't around but Mum did her best with Angela and me, then 10.

Me and my sis were close, loved dressing the same.

I liked life with just us girls but now I wondered if that would change.

Soon after, the man moved in with us.

Glen was 18, a decade younger than Mum and

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