“If the baby looks anything like him, Ill refuse I swear on my life, Ill refuse!” Lacey said in a flat, lifeless voice. “Well, love, bit...
Every afternoon after leaving secondary school, Thomas walked along the cobbled streets with his backpack slung over one shoulder and a wildflower carefully cradled in his...
“Your granddaughter is here.” “Your mum’s come to pick you up. Get your things together.” Most kids in care dream of hearing those words. But Emily...
“If you can spread your legs, you can take responsibilityor else youre better off giving the child up.” Emma and her husband had longed for their...
“Forty-one and wanting a babyare you mad?” John shouted at Emily. “At your age, most women are grandmothers! Emily, dont be ridiculous.” Fine, it was clear...
In a small town in England, long ago, there lived a woman named Margaret. One morning, she lay in bed with a fever, her throat burning...
“Ah, so a marriage certificate really is stronger than just living together, eh?” The men at the site had teased Nadia with smirks. “Im not going...
The air in the small London flat was thick with tension. Victor and Margaret had regretted a thousand times over listening to their son and selling...
“Natasha, tell your son I wont be living with him anymore,” Emily said, her voice steady but cold. “Oh, will you now?” Natasha scoffed, crossing her...
Charlotte and her mother-in-law sat huddled on an old bed, both wrapped up warm against the winter chill. The cottage had only just had the fire...
“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....