I was a successful single mum when I fell hopelessly in love. After six months he moved in... and changed in the most horrific way imaginable. My story should be a warning to every woman: SARAH ANDERSON
It all started 15 years ago at a dinner party. I was single, in my mid-30s, a mother of two children aged six and eight. My marriage had ended two years before, at my instigation, and it had been very difficult and painful.
Now that I look back, I can see that I was worried about being on my own and feeling vulnerable.
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