**Diary Entry** I invited the entire family to dinner and set before each of them a beautiful, yet empty, porcelain plate. Only my granddaughters place held...
The Daughter-in-Law with the “Extra” “Emma, has your son gotten married? I saw him with a woman and a little boy. Did he take on a...
The Daughter-in-Law with “Baggage” “Margaret, is it true your son has married? I saw him with a woman and a little boy. Did he take her...
A Daughter-in-Law with “Baggage” “Olivia, did your son get married? I saw him with a woman and a little boy. Did he take on someone else’s...
“Olive, is it true your son got married? I saw him with a woman and a little boy. Did he take on a ‘ready-made family,’ then?”...
The morning crept in slowly through the drawn blinds, casting a pale, cold light into the room. Eleanor was already seated on the edge of the...
In a quiet rural village in the south of England, where a family scraped by on a small patch of farmland and backbreaking work on construction...
Morning light slips slowly through the drawn blinds, casting a pale, chilly glow into the room. Eleanor is already sitting on the edge of the bed,...
Morning crept lazily through the drawn curtains, casting a pale, chilly light into the room. Eleanor was already perched on the edge of the bed, fully...
The morning light crept slowly through the drawn blinds, casting a pale, chilly glow into the room. Eleanor was already sitting on the edge of the...
“Dad, please… dont come to the school today, okay?” “Why, Madeline? Dont you want me to see you get your...
“This isnt some random fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years,” Dominic said, nervously spinning a...
“This isnt some random fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years,” Dominic said, nervously spinning a...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the older woman...
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....