What are you doing, Mum? Have you gone mad? my son shouted, his face as red as a beet. You with the neighbour? That odd old...
7:15a.m. I heard the soft thud of a suitcase being shut. Halfasleep, I padded out of the bedroom, assuming Sarah was getting ready for a work...
After years of sharing a roof, he finally said hed fallen in love. Not with me, and he wasnt about to hide it. I brewed a...
April 12 We settled onto the sofa after a long day, Ethel nudging, Shall we at least go to the cinema this weekend? The thought of...
Emily, if youve got money you cant spend, youd better help your brother, her mother shouted. Twelve thousand pounds for his rent! How ridiculous! Emily set...
Hold on a bit longer, love, Wheres Dad? I cant stand this! Wheres Dad! Papa! the boy shouted, his voice slicing through the thin air like...
Your lifes a mess, and now youre asking for more, I heard my sister Sarah sigh over the telephone, her voice tinged with the same pleading...
When I think back to that time, I can still hear the echo of my husbands indifference. Andrew, could you hand me the car keys, please?...
23October2025 Emily burst through the front door, shoes still halfoff, voice shrill with excitement. Victor, Ive just been promoted! The bonus is almost twohundredthousand pounds were...
Should I be airing my dirty laundry? Victoria mutters, eyes rimmed with dark circles. Its getting late, youre drifting away, Sarah says, watching her friend fidget...
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....