Elle and sister Lucy visit a Christmas market with their dad
Elle and Lucy were close
Opening the front door to find my two girls, Elle, then 26, and Lucy, 22, I took a step back. ‘Surprise!’ they cheered in unison, pulling me in for a hug. ‘What are you doing here?’ I beamed. It was December 2022, a week before Christmas, and I was meant to be picking them up from the airport on Christmas Day morning.
Lucy had moved to Dubai to work as a property developer three months earlier, and Elle had been staying with her. ‘Change of plan,’ explained Elle, her trademark smile lighting
