**Diary Entry 12th October** The doorbell rang, sharp and unwelcome, announcing visitors. Margaret set aside her apron, wiped her hands, and answered. Her daughter stood on...
“No, Mum. You won’t be visiting us anymore. Not today, not tomorrow, and not next year either.”a story about patience finally running out. I spent ages...
“I’m sorry it’s come to this,” I muttered under my breath. “Richard, are you absolutely sure youve packed everything? Should I double-check?” I called out, pausing...
“No, Emily, dont count on me. You got marriednow rely on your husband, not me. I dont need strangers in my home,” Margaret snapped. Emilys throat...
**The Gaze of Green Eyes from the Past** James woke at dawn and thought: *Blimey, its been ages since I slept this welland where? In a...
Another Child I trudged back to my flat after work, stepping into those empty rooms again. The first thing I did was switch on the telly,...
Fate Favours the Grateful By the time he turned thirty, Stuart had spent ten years serving in conflict zones, survived two serious injuries, and somehow fate...
“You wanted him, you deal with him,” said Oliver, rubbing his tired eyes. “Mum, you had him for yourselves, not for me, so you look after...
A Fake for the Most Precious Person But Ill be the one making your rings, remember that! Max said it with such confidence and childlike earnestness...
A Home Without Welcome: When Mother Turned the House Into a Battlefield The flat where we were no longer welcome: How his mother made their home...
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....