*Diary Entry 12th June 2024* I caught myself thinking todayperhaps our family is all wrong. “Its so good to have you,” William said, pulling his wife...
**The Boy with a Wounded Heart and the Rescued Dog** Thomas shoved the front door open, letting the cold twilight seep into the dim hallway. Stepping...
“Daddy, dont go! Please, dont leave us! Dad, dont buy me anything else, or for Alfie either. Just stay with us! We dont need toy cars...
Tommy shoved the front door open, letting the cold, dim light of early dusk spill into the dark hallway. Stepping inside, he didnt make his usual...
Betrayal, Shock, and Secrets. Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. *Strangethe doorbell works, and all our friends know that,* she...
**Betrayal, Shock, and Secrets** I was preparing dinner when the doorbell rang. Strangeeveryone I know usually calls ahead. Opening the door, I found a woman about...
**Diary Entry** I woke at five in the morning, the first hints of dawn barely colouring the sky outside. Beside me, James snored softly, one arm...
She wasnt their real mother, those five But who could tell? Ethan lost his wife. She never recovered from the last childbirth. Grieve or not, he...
**Diary Entry June 12th** I woke at five this morning, just as the first streaks of dawn crept through the curtains. Beside me, James snored softly,...
**Diary Entry 21st of October, 1972** She wasnt theirs by blood, those five But whod ever say it? Ethan lost his wife. She never recovered from...
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...