JUST HOURS AFTER THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN SHE WAS GONE
May 11, 2021
4 minutes
WORDS: MISHAAL KHAN, LUCY LAING
‘I KNOW I’M YOUR FAVOURITE REALLY’
Unloading shopping bags full of food from the car, I handed them to my 19-year-old daughter, Halle. It was January 2019 and Halle, the eldest of my four children, was in her first year at Edge Hill University, just a 10-minute drive from our home in Liverpool, sharing a house with six other students. While Halle was very independent, as far as I was concerned, she was still my little girl and I just couldn’t help looking after her. ‘Thanks, Mum! My favourites!’ Halle grinned, pulling out a packet of cracker breads. I helped her unpack all of the shopping as she told me about her plans
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