"I'm very jealous. You should have taken me with you, I deserve a holiday too," she joked, only half-meaning it. She really did think sunshine and a removal from everything would help. Especially when she wasn't allowed to see her son.
"Doesn't make it right but it's no different to my world," she told him. "You have to cause the biggest fuss in the papers to get anything seen to if you're not famous and don't know the right people."
Allison nodded and made a mental note to contact this Audrey. She seemed as if she had a sensible head on her shoulders. "I will contact her- Thank you for telling me about her. If I went back I'd probably have to be put into something stupid like witness protection but that wouldn't help me if he came looking again, would it?"