An Expensive Treat Claire, again? How much longer is this going to go on? I swear I work just to keep your cat in biscuits! The...
Youve managed to buy a flat with a mortgage? exclaimed Janet with delight. Thats wonderful, my darling! Absolutely marvellous! Lucy laughed on the other end of...
An Expensive Pleasure – Clara, not again? How many more times? It feels like Im working just to pay for your cat! The cat, whom Clara...
Family Trials You know, I dont think Ive seen Olivia this happy in years. All those long stretches of loneliness, where every single day just seemed...
Auntie’s Exit Youre not going in that, said Victor, not even bothering to look over his shoulder. He stood by the hallway mirror, fussing with his...
Shards of Friendship Marthas key rattled in the lock as she returned home after a long, bruising day. She slipped off her shoes in the hall...
17th March I never quite imagined my life would be like this. Tonight, the memory is vividand painful. The echo of shouted words still vibrates in...
Mum, why dont you move in with us? Why should you be on your own all the time?: Mrs. Margaret moved in with her daughter, but...
Come Back and Care Emma, open up right now! We know youre in there! Sarah saw the lights on! Emma was just finishing tying up a...
A Life on Hold Mum, may I have a sweet from the box? Just one! Please! Ellie circled eagerly by the cupboard, where her mother, Sylvia,...