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Chapter 11

A whole year later..
Holly gets up in her brand new house and heads next door to check on Heidi. She see's her daughter standing up in the cot evidently awake. She looks at her daughter wide eyed "How long have you been awake?!"

Her daughter looks at her mum excitedly "Mummy!"

Her daughter stands up excitedly with her hands up in the air and gripping her hands in a gesture wanting to be picked up.

She picks up her daughter happily. "Let's go down and get breakfast shall we?."
A hour later Holly has to clean up a very messy baby Heidi whilst washing her daughter's breakfast off her.

"Seriously Heidi you got more down you than inside of you!".

She places her daughter on the floor and let's her walk whilst aided around the kitchen.

Suddenly Holly hears the living room phone ring.
"Oh the Phone's ringing.. Let's go and see who it is shall we?.. I bet is grandma!"

She helps Heidi over to the phone quickly. She places Heidi on the floor so she can crawl whilst she picks up the phone.
"Hello?."
"Hello dear.. How are you this fine morning?.. Settling in I hope?."

"Yes mum we are fine!.. I can't thank you enough for lending me the money for this place.. We have got a lot of boxes still to unpack but I'll get to it eventually."

Her mum chuckles "You must Come around for tea and biscuits.. It's been a while since I've seen you and my Grand daughter."

Holly smiles at Heidi playing with her toys in the living room. "You know what?.. That's the best idea I've heard all day! We'll be there!"

Her mum smiles "Excellent! See you soon!"
"Bye mum!"

She hangs up the phone and places the phone on charge. Suddenly out of nowhere Heidi stands up by herself.

Holly waits nervously rooted to the spot.

Heidi starts slowly by walking her first steps. She stumbles at first but then she really gets the hang of it.

Holly looks at her daughter proudly. "Where are you going you little monster?."

She follows her daughter into the kitchen where she finds her daughter going for the left over porridge left on her high chair. "Oh no you don't."

Heidi attempts to grab the bowl but it tips over and Heidi falls on her bottom saying "Uh oh!."

Holly sighs "Never mind.. I'll clean it up later." She picks up her daughter. Let's get you ready for grandma's house shall we?."

She helps her daughter get dressed and places little red boots on her and her read coat. "Now your ready."

As she puts her own coat on her daughter crawls to the door and stands up to open the door."No sweetie you are going in your pushchair missy."

She prays silently "Thank goodness we haven't developed the tantrums quite yet.." She grins knowing that Heidi is almost Two and she had all that yet to come.

She places her daughter in her pushchair and as she straps her daughter in safely, Holly hears the letterbox opening.

A big brown envelope. She looked on the front and realised what it was.

With a gasp of shock she quickly put the envelope under her daughter's pushchair in a little basket.

She opened the door and shut it quickly. She quickly locked the door and started heading down the street.

She finally reached the end of the street and turned around the corner. Eventually she reached the end of the street where she found her mother's house on the corner.