Madeleine Search.....Needham Family's Sympathy

Kerry Needham wrote:Over the past few days I'd been as ill as I'd ever felt. The sickening feeling as the ship pulled into view of Kos was worse. This wasn't a normal visit. Twenty-one years ago I had cried as I left the island, convinced I was leaving my son behind. Now I was dreading arriving in case we found him.

I wasn't going there to catch up with chief Bafounis or pick up some paperwork or follow up on a sighting. It wasn't for pleasantries with the magistrate or the prosecutors office. It was because of the mission already underway on that mountain. The mission was to dig up the remains of my darling Ben's body.

The harbour was soon in sight and with it the police station and the castle. I couldn't help flinching and cowering from view in my mother's arms. I never enjoyed going back to the place where my life had ended. This time, even after the ship had docked, my hands had to be prised from the rail. I was close to having to be carried off.