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Weekends with the devil

Elisha, 20, Winchester

A s I sat crosslegged, watching cartoons, Dad plonked himself behind me.

‘Enough telly, time for your bath, he said.

Nodding meekly, I switched off the TV and headed to the bathroom.

It was 2007, and, aged 5, I went to stay with my dad Russell, then 37, every other weekend.

I loved our time together, watching DVDs and going out to the park.

But I hated bath time.

‘Let’s get you dry,’ he said, lifting me out of the water and wrapping me in a towel.

Then, instead of tucking me up in bed,

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