What do you mean theres nothing for dinner? We didnt come here for your sake! Jamess fatherinlaw protested, sinking into the empty chair at the kitchen...
Silence. It was so complete that James didnt even realise at first what had roused him. No alarm clock, no clatter in the kitchen, no splash...
Hey love, you wont believe the drama thats been going on at my place lately. So I was trying to stir up a little fight between...
Hey love, you wont believe the drama thats been going on at my place lately. So I was trying to stir up a little fight between...
After the Easter lunch, I caught my niece Ainsley whispering to my sister Ellen, She was broke when I met her. Of course she only married...
Whats with you and that Poppy? Why on earth would you need a wife like that? Shes had a baby, got all softserviced, now she waddles...
After my husbands funeral, my son drove me out of the village. At the edge of the town he turned to me, his voice flat, and...
Youll send the child off to a boarding school, since he isnt my son! Margaret Whitaker said, smiling politely. And you dont expect my Nathan to...
When Im thirteen, I learn to hide my hungerand my shame. We live in a council flat in East London, so often I walk to school...
Lucy lingered at the front door, keys clutched as though the ringing were a stranger. Her coat dripped, an umbrella spilling tiny rainbeads, the milk bag...
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....