“I haven’t responded to any of their messages or calls, and pretended I wasn’t home when they tried to visit during the day,” she said. Since Nathan and Abby confessed their love, the mum said she’s struggled to cope. “I just got up and left.” File image: While the brother and sister aren't related by blood, they were raised as siblings from the age of two. “He told them that he was sorry for us keeping them apart and that he ‘could tell how happy they are together’. “At this point, Jack looked at me, grabbed my hand and hugged our children. “Nathan then told us that they had admitted to having feelings for each other as teenagers, but had never acted on it because they were afraid of ruining their friendship, hurting each other, and most of all what we would think. “She said that it happened after they were both adults, that they had gone to relationship counselling when it first started and that they were seriously thinking about marriage,” she said. The mum went on to say that her life was tipped upside down last week when Nathan and Abby admitted they’d been in a romantic relationship for the past few years.
