“Mum, maybe we should just let Gran wander off and get lost? Itd be better for everyone,” Lily said, a defiant edge in her voice. “Mum,...
**Diary Entry 12th October** “Mum, maybe we should just let her wander off and get lost. Itd be easier for everyone,” I said defiantly. “Mum, honestly,...
You said today you married me because I was convenient! Sophies voice trembled. So what? James shrugged, barely looking up from his tie. Whats wrong with...
“You said today you married me because I was ‘convenient’!” Sophie clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white. Mark shrugged, barely looking up from his newspaper....
**Diary Entry A Guardian in Fur** For two weeks, a cat had been appearing at the window. The staff couldnt believe it when they finally learned...
For two weeks, the cat kept appearing at the window. The staff couldnt believe it when they found out why. Emily burst into the staff roomyoung,...
“Vicky, really, nothing terrible has happened! Men do this sort of thingthey get carried away, can’t stop themselves in time. Be the bigger person. Are you...
**Diary Entry 25th March** Nina kept pleading with me. “Emily, honestly, nothing truly awful happened! Men slip up sometimesgot carried away, couldnt stop himself in time....
Long ago, in a quiet village near Bath, there lived a woman named Eleanor Whitmore. She stood in the doorway of what had once been her...
“Oh, what are we doing here? Why are we breaking into someone elses house?” “Its over, Emily. I want a real familychildren. You cant give me...
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...