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I was eleven years old, but I knew without a shadow of a doubt I was staring into the eyes of the boy I was going to love forever.
“You, Gia, are a flirt. But one day… when you’re old enough, one day it will be our turn. Our time.” My heart dropped like a stone into my
“I’ll love you forever, G. Wherever I am in the world. Whatever I’m doing, it’ll always be you. I’m yours for as long as you want me. For as long as I’m good for you, I’m all yours.”
“Darlin’, do me a favour here. All you ladies in the crowd tonight have gotta appreciate the fact that I’m a one-woman type of bloke and I love my girl. I’ve loved my girl since the very first day I set eyes on her, and back then, she was just a girl. But I’ve had the pleasure these past few years of watching her grow into an absolutely beautiful young woman, and as much as I love touring and playing in front of you lot every night, I’m counting down the days till I’m back in England and in her arms.”
“Georgia Rae Layton, I’ve loved you since the very first day I set eyes on you and your pink polka dot knickers. You are my world. I know we’re young, but I love you, Gia. I want to make beautiful babies with you. I know people are going to be against this, but they don’t know what we know, and they don’t feel what we feel. I want to grow old with you, G, and I want to marry you. Please, would you do me the honour of becoming my wife?”
“There’s only him. It will always be him. There’s no room for anyone else. Wherever we go with this, you need to understand that my heart is sealed and there’s only him that’s locked inside.”
“But you don’t know me, Georgia. You haven’t had a chance to get to know me. If you let me, I’ll blow your mind, baby.”
“No, I loved you because I couldn’t not. I loved you because it was what I was put on this earth to do.”
Everything was very quiet for a few seconds. I looked at Sean, his face was level with mine, his eyes were wide, and he gave me a small smile. “I love you, Georgia Rae, show us your tits,” he whispered, and then he closed his eyes—his beautiful, brown eyes, with their flecks of gold.
Beau Francis McCarthy was delivered at 6.08 p.m. on Friday, the first of December 2000. He never took a breath and was instantly declared stillborn.
At 9.45 p.m., I was brought up to intensive care in a wheelchair and allowed to introduce Sean to our son. Lennon and Bailey helped to lift me onto his bed, where I curled into his side and put his arm around our little boy and me.
Sean’s life support was switched off at 11.28 p.m., and he died peacefully at 11.43 p.m. that same night with our son and me in his arms, surrounded by all of my family and his parents.
