Chapter 16

My phone rings. It's an unknown caller. I pick it up. 

"Hello. It's Gale speaking." I say. 

"Gale Armstrong?" The voice asks. 

"Yes." 

"I am very sorry for your loss ma'am. I don't know if you have heard, but your sister and brother in law were in an accident. They both died on impact." The phone drops out my hand. 

No. No. They can't be serious. They can't be serious. No. No. 

"Miss Armstrong, are you still there?" The phone says on the floor.  I feel a large lump form in my  throat as I sink to the floor. 

"Y- Yes." I squeak. Shock, disbelief and utter despair run across me. No. No. No. No. I curl into myself, leaving the phone on the floor. 

"You are the godmother of Theo Marshall are you not?" 

"I - I am." I manage to make out, even though