ound her as she sobbed harder. Voices rang out loudly as parents looked for their children in the crowd and people fought their ways through the clutter, desperate to get away from the ugl

sound of it made her want to

leased her from his embrace while still holding on tight to her arm and looked around

t in unison, joining in the eruptive

LLA!!

their mum. Even while she knew her efforts would be in vain, Ella stood up on tiptoes and craned her neck as she joined in the search for a glimpse of the brown dress their mum always wore to the market. She felt a tug in the opposite direction and

itched the skirts of her dress up her ankles and made towards them in a sprint, her long, platinum blonde hair which had come undone beneath the scarf splaying side to side with each step. Tears sprang into her own eyes and she yanked her hand out of Ty's as she raced tow

buried her face in her mum's neck, feeling the mom

the other. "Are you fine? Are you hurt anywhere?". She pulled them back and assessed them frantically. Ella wanted to t

ne, ma". T

orst but didn't see anything. At the same time that she turned back, she heard her mum's loud gasp. Even through the haze of tears that blurred

g okay, ma?".

la felt the unease grow in her guts.

she saw the streak of platinum blonde hair, identical to her mum's, resting atop her own shoulder. It took her a moment to realized it was hers, the hair was hers. She wanted to talk but her mum pulled her in even tighter, clutching her shoulders as she kissed her forehead repeatedly and whispered. "Shhhhh…..don't talk. Eve