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I was separated with three children: Tom a boy aged nine, Sophie a girl aged five and Holly a baby girl aged seven months. I had to move out of the house I had lived with my husband because he was so violent. I went to live in rented house in a different area. I hoped that there he would never be able to find me. I had to put Tom and Sophie into a new school. I had got a transfer from my job as a shop assistant to the same chain in my new town.

I had felt so lonely without all my friends. I couldn't contact any of them. Due to wanting to cut off all links with my husband I had to make a new life and wanted it to be safe. My rented house was small. Downstairs it had a lounge and a kitchen. Upstairs it had a bathroom and two bedrooms. I slept in the main bedroom with Holly in a cot. Tom and Sophie had to share to small bedroom. I had to put them into bunk beds because of the minimal amount of space. Tom had been so moody when we first moved there because he had been used to far more space.

I had wanted to make new friends so I got a lady from work called Sue to baby sit twice a week: on Wednesday evening and all day on Saturday. I joined an evening class on Wednesday evening to learn Spanish. It was there that I had met Fraser. He was tall, dark and handsome. He had invited me out on a date so I asked if he was free on Saturday.

On the Saturday he took me for a walk along the picturesque coastline. He had brought a rug along with him and we had a picnic on it. We had chatted and found we had similar interests. He told me that he was divorced with two teenage sons. That was when I told him about my three kids. At the end of the evening he kissed my lips really passionately.

After the evening class on Wednesday he took me to the pub for a drink. He had held my hand and we had chatted about him becoming my boyfriend. At closing time he kissed me tenderly. I kept thinking about him for the rest of that week.

The next Saturday I went over to his house and we had coffee on his sofa. Then he and I ate a meal by candle light in his kitchen. Next we had climbed into his four poster bed and had sex together. We had much passion and I was so excited. The condom broke and I was so scared that I might get pregnant. He lost interest in me after that slip up.

I was so relieved when my next period came. I was asked by Betty at work if I fancied going speed dating. I agreed to the speed dating because it would be one new way for me to make friends. The speed dating was on Friday night so I got Sue to baby sit that evening. I was so nervous at the speed dating venue. Only one man had stood out at that interesting evening. That was George and he took my breathe away with his superb good looks. He and I are now living together and he acts as a lovely step dad to my three kids.