When Abby woke, she was cranky. She didn’t know why, she just knew that she was unhappy. Becky was gone, and she missed her. It had been two sleeps since she had left and Abby wanted her to come back. Her daddy was a lot happier when Becky was around and so was she. Mummy didn’t seem to know how to look after her and ignored her most of the time, anyway. Becky never ignored her and she always knew when dinner time was and when bath time was and Abby had never had to get her own breakfast or dinner when Becky was around.

Abby kicked the covers off...