“Oh, Emily, hello! Come to see your mum?” Mrs. Thompson called from her balcony. “Good afternoon, Mrs. Thompson. Yes, to see Mum.” “You might want to...
“Oh, Madeline, hello! Come to see your mum?” Mrs. Wilkins called from her balcony, leaning over her geraniums with the enthusiasm of a woman whod clearly...
On my husbands birthday, our son pointed at the guests and shouted, “Thats her! Shes wearing that skirt!” I couldnt refuse him. “Please, Mum,” he pressed....
On my husbands birthday, our son pointed at the guests and cried out, Thats her! Shes wearing that skirt! I couldnt refuse him. Please, Mum, he...
The air was thick with tension as Emily and James sat at the dining table, the clink of cutlery the only sound between them. Suddenly, the...
The silence between them was deafening. Youre not saying anythingso youre planning an exit too, Emily whispered, her voice trembling. James and Emily were finishing dinner...
“Mother lives off my money”those words chilled me to the bone. “Mother is a burden on my back”I can still feel the icy grip of my...
“Thanks, Johnny! I dont know what Id do without you,” flashed the notification on her phone screen. Her husbands phone vibrated right in her hand. Emily...
Mum lives off my money those words chilled me to the bone. Ill never forget the day I read my sons message, freezing the blood in...
“Thanks, Johnny! I dont know what Id do without you,” flashed the notification on her phone. Her husbands phone vibrated right in her hand. Emily glanced...
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....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....
**Diary Entry 23rd December, 1985** *”Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, staring at the woman sitting at the...
One day, my dads new wife showed up with a big box of sweets and two little poodles wagging their...
**Diary Entry 15th May, 2024** Every day, I walk to my grandsons school. Im not a teacher or staffjust a...
One afternoon, my fathers second wife appeared at our doorstep. In her hands was a box full of sweets, and...