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“He blows a kiss and I now see it – there’s exhaustion in his eyes. How didn’t I notice it before?” Sophie and Russell never expected anything bad to happen – not to them.

“He blows a kiss and now I see it – there’s exhaustion in his eyes. How didn’t I notice it before?”
Sophie and Russell never expected anything bad to happen – not to them. But then he had some blood tests and scans and they started to feel scared. It all begins at a coffee shop in Sydney, Australia.
A Falling Tree production for the 91ȱ World Service.

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