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Her eyes looked as though they were going to pop out of their sockets.

Her face changed colour.

We left without the lovers noticing us.

We headed for my bedroom. Or rather, I led her there, she was in shock.

She tried to clear her mind and digest what she had seen. It can’t be easy for any child to discover that their mother is not what they thought she was, what she appeared to be.

‘What should I do?’ she asked, finally.

I didn’t know what to say.

I wanted revenge on my aunt. It would have been easy for me to suggest that she phone her father and destroy my aunt’s marriage but I didn’t want Carla to suffer, I didn’t want to see her cry. Destroying my aunt’s marriage meant destroying Carla’s home and I didn’t want to do that.

‘Remember that I love you very much,’ I said, and without thinking, I kissed her on the lips.

It was something I had planned to do for so long without knowing how, although of course I had rehearsed it.

She took a step backwards.

‘What are you doing?’

‘I don’t know.’