Pick Me Up! Special – September 2019

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JaneSpiby,53,from
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girl Beth in every way...

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WORDS BY LUCY BRYANT IMAGES: SWNS

W

hen my

daughter’s friends

would sneak off

with boys, Beth,

16, would have a

dance, then return home to bed.

It was the summer after her

GCSEs, and Beth was studying

drama at college.

She’d aced her exams and got

her first summer job at KFC.

Me and her dad Ian, 54, were

proud of our three girls.

We raised them in a good home

and they had high achievements.

With pay day giving Beth

freedom and independence, she

was swayed to work full-time.

‘I want to leave college,’ she

told me.

‘If you give up your studies,

you’ll pay for everything yourself,’

I warned her.

I hoped she’d back down, but of

course she didn’t.

She’d always been a strong-

minded girl who knew exactly what

she wanted.

‘Fine,’ she smirked.

And she did just that, paying for

all expenses – from her phone to

driving lessons.

One night, the whole family sat

down to watch The Billion Dollar

Chicken Shop, a BBC documentary

that had been filmed at Beth’s KFC.

We quickly realised that the first

two episodes were all about Beth.

She was the star of the show!

Beth had always been the loud

and lively one.

When she was younger, she

would burst into any room and

make the whole place her audience.

At 17, she took off to Magaluf

for a summer job. She

worked behind the bars

and enjoyed every

minute of it.

But one day, I got

a tearful phone call.

‘Mum, I’m

gay,’ she wept.

‘Why are you

crying?’ I asked.

I’d always had

my suspicions,

but I’d never been

narrow-minded.

Me and Ian just

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At first I had

some serious

reservations

Just for

FUN