Kitty glanced across to where Danny stood with Sarah, and caught the glance that passed between them. So maybe there would be even more happy news very soon. For now, though, this was her moment – hers and Frank’s. She looked around at all the faces turned to them and knew that she couldn’t share it with a better group of people, the brave and resilient inhabitants of Empire Street and their closest friends. The war had destroyed houses, damaged workplaces, killed some of their nearest and dearest and turned all of their lives upside down – but it had not defeated them. On top of all that, it had brought her together with the man she loved most in the world.

‘To Kitty and Frank!’ called Pop, and everyone raised their glasses or bottles or cups and echoed, ‘To Kitty and Frank.’

The End

Also by Annie Groves

Child of the Mersey

Christmas on the Mersey

The Mersey Daughter

About Annie Groves

Annie Groves is the pen name of Jenny Shaw, an accomplished writer of fiction who has been published previously under a pseudonym. She lives with her family near the Western Approaches, where she enjoys exploring local history and walking by the sea.

Annie Groves was originally created by the much-loved writer Penny Halsall, who died in 2011. The stories drew on her own family’s history, picked up from listening to her grandmother’s stories when she was a child. Jenny Shaw has been a big fan of the wonderful novels by Annie Groves for many years and feels privileged to have been asked to continue her legacy.

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