The last happy day Do you even understand what youre doing? a voice crackled, turning harsh. You brought her chocolates. Once every six months. How thoughtful,...
28October2025 London Im exhausted, clutching the grocery bags like a lifeline after the longest day of endless meetings. Finally home, I thought Id take a stroll,...
Thirty years ago I can still see my mothers eyesfull of hopelessness, pleading. Margaret never said a word of reproach to me, yet from that day...
The price of a lifelong friendship But Emma and I always thought you two would end up together I get that you and Emma are mates,...
What on earth have you cooked, Emma? This is impossible to eat! Its far too sweet, far too thick, far too Oh, ugh. Without a second...
Not Our Child Millions of children grow up in foster homes, and well be theirs, Victoria told herself, clutching Arthurs arm. Why not find another family?...
Emily Youre just a meddlesome nosybird who loves poking around other peoples families! I heard Claire lunge at me, spitting the words out. It was almost...
Sam had always been a ghost in his own classroom. It wasnt that he tried to melt into the wallpaper; he was clever, with neat features...
22November2025 Dear Diary, Today I finally understood why the old saying dont bite the hand that feeds you rings true in our family. It all began...
30April Im writing this because the whole thing with Mum has been gnawing at me all week. It started with a simple question that made my...
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...
Margaret lived alone on her modest pension, tucked away in a tiny Cotswold village where the world seemed to consist...
Family? Tell Christopher to come at once! the daughter shrieked. All three of the little ones have a fever, theyre...
I used to watch Eleanor sweeping the stairwells of the old council tower, hoping the work would build a future...
Oliver lived in a ninestorey council block where the walls were thinner than a teabag and every neighbours sneeze bounced...
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....