I Was 29 and Single When I Fought to Keep Five Siblings Together. The Judge Asked Why, and My Answer Changed Everything.

‘No,’ Anna agreed.

‘We shouldn’t have.’

On Christmas morning, Lucas came downstairs first and found Anna asleep on the sofa beneath an unfamiliar quilt.

He tiptoed into the kitchen where I was making coffee.

‘Your sister stayed,’ he whispered.

‘She did.’

‘And we’ll all still be here after breakfast?’

‘Yes.’