**Diary Entry** *July 12th, 2024* “You said you married me because I was *convenient*!” “So what?” He shrugged. “Is that bad?” “Are you wearing that old...
**Diary Entry** Five years. Five long years wed waited. The doctors had said it would never happen for us. And then “Mick, look!” I froze by...
Mrs. Whitmore turned her gaze once more toward the side window. The car glided slowly through the blaring horns of the city, but inside, a heavy...
**Diary Entry, 12th March 1953** The schoolmistress, Mrs. Whitaker, said to me just yesterday, “Hannah, your girl must continue her studies. Minds like hers dont come...
The ambulance arrived within minutes, but for Emily, those moments felt like an eternity. Drifting between consciousness and darkness, the unfamiliar yet steady voice of William...
“I cant believe it! My best friend is actually Alexs father! For over four years, Ive raised this boy, never suspecting he wasnt mine.” Emily and...
The man in the suit stops by the market stall. His gaze, cool yet controlled, fixes on the rowdy young man. Around them, the crowd holds...
“Alright, lads, fishing can wait,” decided Victor, grabbing the landing net. “Weve got to rescue the poor thing.” Victor steered the boat across the calm waters...
“Little one, who are you looking for?” I asked. A small girl, no older than six, stared up at me with wide eyes. “Im looking for...
The Child No One Could Make Speak Until She Arrived Emmas mother had been poorly for years. Every day was a struggleyet even in her weakest...
“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....