What was stopping her, was a fear that openly acknowledging the subject would make it exist in reality, and, if that happened, she knew deep down that she would succumb to her daughter's advances.
"Alright mother, I'll leave you alone if that's what you want, but I don't think you want me to really."
"I'm making tea, would you like one?" asked Fiona in an attempt to introduce some normality into the conversation.
Fiona was relieved when Annabelle decided to change the subject.
"Yes please, I'd love one. So, are you ready for your big case this week?"
"I think so, I think we've got a good chance of getting her off, it was her partner that did the real damage."
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Fiona's legal team were defending a female police constable in her mid twenties. She had been charged wi
