A Family’s Heartbreak. Kitty Neale

appeared, leaning against a doorway. ‘Waste of time then?’ she asked.

      ‘Yes, but I had to try. I’ll see you at work tomorrow, Thelma.’

      ‘Yeah, whatever.’

      Once they were back outside, Jenny found herself having to fight back tears. She felt she’d failed her sister and worried about the girl’s future. Her own reputation was probably ruined, and now Gloria’s would be too. She had to do something. ‘Gloria won’t listen to me, but maybe she’ll take notice of my mum,’ she said.

      Craig looked surprised, then asked, ‘Do you know where she is?’

      ‘No, but if she went round my dad’s to see the boys, he’d have told her we’ve all left home. You’d have thought she’d look for us, maybe wait for me outside the factory to find out where we’re living.’

      ‘Perhaps she hasn’t been round to your dad’s.’

      ‘It’s possible. When she gets a new boyfriend my mother becomes too wrapped up in him to bother about us. She’s probably shacking up with one now, but I’ll find her,’ Jenny told him, determined to do just that and keep her family together.