At sixty-five, she realised the worst thing wasnt being aloneit was begging her children for a call, knowing full well she was just an inconvenience. *”Mum,...
My husband and stepdaughter always ignored me, so I quietly left. Then they started to panic… My name is Mary. Im thirty years old, work as...
The drizzle fell lightly as people hurried past, umbrellas raised, eyes downcastbut no one noticed the woman in a beige trouser suit kneeling in the middle...
In the rolling hills of England, a marvel of modern ingenuity was borncontact lenses that could pierce the veil of night itself. No longer would folk...
Elizabeth stood by the window, watching the thick London snow blanket the city. Her phone call with her husband was drawing to a closejust another mundane...
The little vet clinic felt smaller by the minute, as if even the walls were holding their breath. The strip lights buzzed softly overhead, casting a...
The rain hammered against the pavement of a quiet, cobbled street in the small town of Whitby. Inside the dimly lit warmth of The Rose &...
**Diary Entry 12th October** I was waiting for my Uber when I spotted hermy ex, Emily, whom I hadnt seen in six years. She stood on...
It was meant to be an ordinary Sunday brunchjust my son Oliver, me, and a stack of pancakes tall enough to make his eyes light up....
Hed promised to be there, but instead, she was left waiting in the airport terminal. His “urgent business trip” was nothing but a liehe was actually...
A year had gone by since her only son, James, passed away. The funeral had been small, but Eleanors grief...
Spotting the dog lying by the bench, she rushed over. Her gaze fell on the leash carelessly left behind by...
Spotting the dog lying by the bench, she rushed over. Her gaze fell on the leash, carelessly left behind by...
My mother and sister saw me as nothing more than a walking walletthey never bothered to care about who I...
Long ago, in a small town near Manchester, I was raised in a house that never truly felt like a...
Nineteen years later, my mother reappearednow she wants money and a roof over her head. I was ten years old...
**Diary Entry 12th March** Its been nineteen years, and now shes backasking for money, a place to stay. I was...
I finally cut ties with my familyand for the first time, I can breathe. Growing up, I believed family was...
The relatives wasted no timethey simply dumped the box of kittens onto the street. Corgi trotted after them without a...
I cut ties with my familyand for the first time, I can breathe freely. Growing up, I believed family was...