On closer inspection, Lauren could see that the object was in fact a phone that belonged to her stepdad Craig. She reached for her own phone and messaged her mum: "Come to the bathroom but don't tell Craig," Wales Online reports. "He basically raised me, I'd known him since I was four, we had any normal father-daughter relationship and I think my mum really struggles because she blames herself." "I don't know if he'll ever understand how it has affected us, I don't think he cares but I get PTSD all the time, I don't trust anyone, I don't know if I will again and when you don't trust people, things are really lonely," said Michelle. Mum Michelle added: "I know Lauren and I know the kind of person she is.

Source: Daily Mirror October 11, 2020 18:32 UTC