**A Revenge for Mum** “Your daughter is with us. Bring £100,000, and she stays alive. I’ll send the meeting point later,” said a heavily distorted male...
“Of course, everyone remembers perfectly well” “I dont remember because it never happened!” Peter Redford said seriously, looking at her with his honest, old-man eyes. The...
“I dont remember because it never happened!” said Redford, looking at her with his earnest, grandfatherly eyes. The conversation died abruptly, and everyone went their separate...
“Shut it,” the husband snapped, tossing his suitcase onto the floor. “I’m leaving you and this dump you call a life.” “A dump?” Emily turned slowly...
On the day of their golden wedding anniversary, Henry finally confessed he had loved another woman his entire life. “Not that one, Henry, not that one!...
**Friday, 10th May** “Shut it,” the husband barked, slamming his suitcase down. “Im leaving you and this bloody swamp you call a life.” “A swamp?” Margaret...
Ignatius, wounded by his mothers behaviour, resolved to live apart from her. “You dont respect me at all!” The bitter echo of his mothers anger crackled...
On the day of our golden wedding anniversary, my husband confessed he’d loved someone else his entire life. “Not that one, John, not that one! I’ve...
**Diary Entry 10th May** I never imagined resentment could fester this deeply. *You dont respect me at all!* Mums voice crackled through the phone line, sharp...
**Diary Entry 12th June** “Bugger off back home, Mumyou’ve had your fun at our cottage,” my wife said, shooing her mother-in-law off the property. Emma still...
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...