'Too much, too young'

Spring 1996 - whilst we were all sitting around her bed I noticed that Elaine's elderly father looked very thin and pale.

When I went outside for some fresh air Paul told me that her dad had just been diagnosed with cancer. It was very far gone, there was little the doctors could do.

Her dad did not want anyone to tell Elaine about his illness. He didn't want to upset her.

So she never knew.