Firing up the karaoke machine and grabbing snacks from the kitchen, I was prepared for a big night in.
Karaoke nights were something we did regularly – with six kids, my partner John, 53, and I were used to a busy household, and we were a tight-knit bunch.
Our three youngest lived at home – Sarah, now 16, EllaMae, 12, and Erin, 10 – but our older kids Demi, Caitlin, now 25, and John James, 21, only lived round the corner and were constantly in and out.
And one night back in February 2017, Demi was bringing her new boyfriend to our weekly get-together.
She’d been seeing Andrew for a couple of months – he was older, so John and I had our concerns. But beautiful, kind and loving, if…