MARGARETS FAMILY Margarets girlfriends swore that her son had rushed into a marriage like a bull at a county fair....
The summer sun was blazing, and the heat made the pavement sizzle. Simon Clarke trudged away from the bus stop,...
Emily, love, are you free this Saturday? her motherinlaws voice chimed over the handset, warm and familiar, the exact intonation...
“Warm the souls, dear,” barked Victor Roman, tugging at the collar of his crisp white shirt. He snatched the tie...
Nobody will ever take him, they used to say. There were no separate rooms in the old Birmingham animal refuge;...
Emily lies beside her husbands hospital bed, tears streaming down her face. A sixyearold girl whispers, Im sorry, Auntie as...
I loathe him! He isnt my father! Let him go. Well manage without him, Lucy snarled at her stepdad, her...
We used to call her the Fairy among ourselves. She was short and round, always strolling with a white poodle...
Ive known Emily Harper for as long as I can remember, ever since she arrived at Willow Grove Orphanage a...
Let me go, please, the woman whispered, her voice trembling like a cracked mirror. Im not going anywhere This is...
