The Deadly Drive

My brother’s dream job would be his last Ian Cabrie, 52, Albion, Qld. My brother Scott’s face went white with shock. “How can she die just like that?” he asked. “She was sick for a while, mate,” I replied. The two of us were sitting in our mother Joan’s bedroom in Albany Creek, Qld, and had just watched her take her last breaths. It was the year 2000, and she was only 62. Scott was 25, I was 27. Our dad had died from bowel cancer when I was 10, and a month later, Mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. She fought it and raised Scott and me on her own. We grew up on the outskirts of Brisbane, riding bikes and swimming in the creeks. Scott hated school and…

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