12October2025 Ive spent most of today recalling the way Andrew kept insisting that without him Id be lost. Youre digging through my things again! he roared,...
17April2025 Ashford Im writing this after the chaos at the wedding, hoping the ink will make sense of what happened. Margaret Blake, Thomass mother, beamed at...
My husband, Simon, asked me to pack my things and vacate the flat so his old schoolmate could stay. Should I really leave so your friend...
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Mike always chose his mum until he chose me Good heavens, Emily, what on earth are you doing, love? shrieked Dorothy Thompson, standing in the middle...
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I turned down my mothers request to move in with us, and I was left feeling guilty. Dont you dare refuse your own mum! my mum...
Youre the odd one out, Mum. The door didnt swing open right away. Anne Stephenson managed a brief gasp of breath, but the trickle of sweat...
Andrew went over to Mollys flat and then begged for a second chanceI turned him down. Fine, Im to blame, he said, but simply Simply what,...
The silence in the flat was torn apart by the highpitched whine of yet another tin can being smashed open the third one the brother had...
My mother was strikingly beautiful, though my father would say that was her sole advantage. I, who adored him with...
Open the bag, now! The CCTV can see everything, theres no way youll get away! Take it all out! The...
Cold Divorce: The Dream of Emma and James It is a strange, cold feeling to wake and discover love turning...
Did you see her, ladies? The old woman in our ward? I asked the other nurses, halfsmiling as I leaned...
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I used to watch Eleanor sweeping the stairwells of the old council tower, hoping the work would build a future...
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Open the rucksack at once! the words cut through the air. In the bustling shoemaking hall of the Manchester plant,...
Hey love, you wont believe what I overheard it finally made sense why he married me in the first place....