“A Daughter-in-law Is NOBODY to Me!” declared my mother-in-law at my sons birthday party, but she never expected her own sons reaction. I woke at five...
She wasnt theirs by blood, those five But who could tell?… Yegor lost his wife. She never recovered from the last birth. What could he do?...
“Mum, maybe we should let Gran go and get lost? It’d be better for everyone,” said Maisie, her voice sharp with defiance. “Mum, how much longer...
**Diary Entry A Lesson in Being More Than Just “Convenient”** *Wednesday, 15th March* “You married me because I was *convenient*!” Emilys voice trembled, clutching her coffee...
**Diary Entry, 15th April** For two weeks, a cat kept appearing by the window. The staff couldnt believe it when they discovered the reason. Emily, fresh...
Vicky, honestly, nothing terrible happened! Men do this sort of thinggot carried away, couldnt stop in time. Be the bigger person. Are you really going to...
“Oi, what are we doing here? Why are we breaking into someone else’s house?” “It’s over, Emily. I want a real familykids. You can’t give me...
**Diary Entry 21st November** It all came out by sheer chance. My little sister, Daisy, only four years old, had developed an umbilical hernia. The doctors...
**Early Spring** Little four-year-old Emily was eyeing the “newcomer” who had recently appeared in their neighbourhood. It was a grey-haired pensioner sitting on a bench, leaning...
“Dont be cross with me, TanyaI wont be living with you.” “Maybe we could try, Simon?” Tanyas cheeks flushed as she stared at him, barely blinking....
“This isnt some random fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years,” Dominic said, nervously spinning a...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the older woman...
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....