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Clutching the phone, I collapsed to the floor and screamed, ‘No!’ ‘I’m sorry,’ my dad said helplessly. ‘I’m so sorry.’ It was summer 2020 and he’d just told me that he’d been ...
Doctors didn’t put two and two together. My dad, Clive, was incredibly fit and healthy Clutching the phone, I collapsed to the floor and screamed, ‘No!’ ‘I’m sorry,’ my dad said helplessly. ‘I’m so ...