“It’s okay, I have found my saviour” she said.

Bill picked her up from the hospital and took her to her new home. Her new home with him and Ashley, a few miles away in New Malden. Ashley was over the moon that Mrs. Stevens had come to stay with her.

            “I didn’t know I could take the teacher home with me” she said one thoughtful day. “I would have done it a long time ago if someone told me”. She raised a big smile out of Rachael.

            Bill gave Rachael his bedroom, while he took to the couch down stairs.

“Take all the time in the world, I’m always here for you” he told her. She smiled.

            “I won’t need all of the time in the world” she replied, the beginnings of a smile creeping onto her face, “Just a little”.