The younger son. A tale. Clare never understood how she and Victor could have such clever children. Both had left school after the ninth year, saved...
12March2025 Dear Diary, Tonight I found myself back at the Harris household in Oldham, the old twobed flat that has seen better days. Mum was in...
The inlaws arrived for a threeday visit, though the son had not lived here for years. Emma Harper hesitated at the door, keys dangling in her...
He refused to pay for his wife’s operation, bought her a plot in the cemetery and fled to the seaside with his lover. In a quiet...
The rain hammered the thatched roofs of Ashford as the funeral of Eleanor Harper slipped by in a gray hush. Frederick Harper stood beside the open...
I found two little children in my garden, raised them as my own, and after fifteen years some strangers came to claim them. Emily, come quick!...
Mum, its bitter cold out there in winter! Youll need a woodburning stove and a heap of logs! Darling, youve always been a country girl. All...
Mom turned out to be the extra one, I told you last night, and then the whole mess unraveled. Which flat are you talking about? The...
Did you register him on the tenancy? Sam Harper asked, his eyebrows shooting up. He could hardly believe his mother would even consider that. Their mother,...
I’m leaving! Ed murmured, his voice echoing down the hallway of the tiny flat on Camden Road. Leaving where? his wife, Ivy, replied, eyes glued to...
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....