‘Yep. They were there for ages. Nearly two years. It almost killed Stuart. He told me he actually tried to kill himself, that Jane found him with a noose around his neck and stopped him. There was another incident before that, too. Mum started a fire in their kitchen by not putting a cigarette out properly, though luckily Stuart found it and put it out in time.’ Gemma absent-mindedly stroked the cat. ‘So Stuart and Jane took drastic action. They handed in notice to their landlord and basically made themselves homeless. They lived in a hostel for a little while. But it was the only way they
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