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“She presumed they thought they'd end up with their father, and she didn't have the heart to tell them otherwise. She vowed to herself that she would do so soon; it was only fair that they were forewarned. But it never seemed to be the right time to tell her girls that, not only were they going to lose their mother, but their father had rejected them too”
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“That's where you're wrong, Sophie. Everybody needs family, real family, and nobody else can take their place”
― Sapphire
― Sapphire
“Prejudice didn't just occur amongst the middle classes; it was rife among the working classes too. Her old world had abandoned her and the new one wouldn't accept her. Loretta was stuck in the middle, in some kind of societal limbo where she no longer fitted into either group”
― Amber
― Amber
“Since they had lived in the children's home, the girls' bond had grown tighter. Because of their shared grief it had seemed natural for the girls to turn to each other for emotional support in a house full of strangers. Their family unit had shrunk from three to two, and now they lived further away from their school friends, so they relied on each other for a social outlet too”
― Sapphire
― Sapphire
“She'd been sucked into the whole meaningless existence: the drugs, the cravings and that endless need to earn money”
― Amber
― Amber
“She'd seen it all before, unfortunately, where troubled children entered the system and were led astray by those who had already become hardened to the way of life”
― Sapphire
― Sapphire
“Janice thought of the perils that would face a vulnerable and homeless young girl and her heart cried out to Sophie. She wondered where she had fled to and what she would be doing right now. Wherever she was and whatever situation she had got herself into, Janice prayed that she would be safe”
― Sapphire
― Sapphire
