Ian drove off for a week to his lovers flat, hoping to reeducate his wife. He came back to find a new reality waiting in the...
Emily, has Tom told you anything yet? the motherinlaw asked, her voice brisk. Listen, were expecting up to twenty guests, so well start the preparations in...
At my late husbands funeral a silverhaired stranger leaned close and murmured, Now we are free. He was the man I had loved in my twentieth...
My future daughterinlaw once said, Only true mothers sit in the front row, and my son answered in a way that left everyone seeing the truth....
Victor stood on the front step, the man I had once married twice, the one Id divorced four years ago. In his hands he cradled a...
I called it off I actually cancelled the wedding. Yeah, you heard right. Just two weeks before the day wed been dreaming about, picking venues, choosing...
Father, we need to have a serious word with you! began Natalie, the daughterinlaw, as she stared cautiously at Pauls wife, Margaret, while addressing her fatherinlaw,...
First time I married at fiftyfive Its been five years since we tied the knot. Im sixty now, my husband is sixtyfive. No surprise that I...
When someone asks me to have a look at the cat, in case its just getting senile, I first stare at the people around the animal,...
Hey love, Ive got a story I think youll find just as moving as when I first heard it, only its set right here in our...
Parental Love. “Children are the flowers of life,” Mum liked to say, almost as if petals unfurled with her words....
How could she?! She didnt even ask! Not a word, not a hint of discussion! Can you imagine walking into...
IN SEARCH OF A MISTRESS “Claire, what are you doing?” I gaped at my wife, who was holding out a...
Excuse me, sir, could you give me a bit of space? Good grief. Is that smell coming from you? Sorry,...
Theres Still Things To Do at Home… Grandma Violet fumbled at the rusty latch of the garden gate, shuffled her...
Excuse me, sir, could you give me a bit of space? Good grief. Is that smell coming from you? Sorry,...
“YOU DIDN’T MAKE IT, KATHERINE! THE FLIGHT’S GONE! AND WITH IT, YOUR POSITION AND YOUR BONUS! YOU’RE FINISHED!” Her boss...
Emma, are you busy? Mum asked, popping her head round the door. One minute, Mum. Let me just send this...
Parental Love Mum always said, Children are the flowers of life, shed laugh, and Dad would grin and add, Flowers...
Since his holiday, Stanley never came back Hasnt your husband written or called yet? Not a word, Vera, not after...