Dear Diary, Im writing this after a week of endless squabbles with my sisterinlaw, Victoria, and her demanding sister, Alison. It began yesterday when Alison burst...
Oliver Green lived in a tenstorey council tower where the walls were thinner than a birthday card and every neighbours sneeze bounced off the radiators. Hed...
I thought my husband was cheating on me. It turned out to be something far worse. The phone lay on mute, yet the buzz on the...
Emily, Ive told you a hundred timesnow isnt the time for children, she said, snapping her laptop shut and turning to her husband. Ive just been...
One wintry evening, the first pale light of dawn was barely pushing through the grey clouds over the small village of Ashford. Snow fell in soft,...
We always think lifes already complicated, then we go and make it even trickier. Back in school, Emily could see at a glance that she liked...
I promised my daughter Emma that I would mind little Jack for just a few days. a week at most and I never imagined how that...
Dear Diary, It seems fate has reached out its hand to me. I grew up in a fairly ordinary household in the little village of Ashbrook....
Ill give everything back, I swear it, Eleanor whispered, her voice trembling as if caught in a fog of tears. Eleanor, I cant help you at...
Diary, 12May The husband walked out with a younger woman. I didnt break down. I simply sat down, breathed out, and for the first time in...
Guardians Excuse me, madam! Please let me through! Someone jostled Helen from behind, and she stumbled forward, clinging to the...
Life Lessons for Julia Tom, I need to talk to you, Emily said, and you could tell she was anxious....
Exam Ive had enough! Thats it! If you dont stop getting on my case, I wont go at all! I...
Porridge Instead of Truffles I was standing at the stove, watching as what Id spent two hours making began to...
It was just Elizabeths luck to go into labour during a blizzard. Her due date wasnt for another three weeks,...
A New Chapter Harriet stood at the window of her tiny rented flat in London, staring out at the shimmering...
We’ll crash at yours for a while, we can’t afford to rent our own flat! said my friend. I’m a...
30th December This year, I did something Ive never dared before. I said no. I wonder if, years from now,...
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— Bas. Geen antwoord. — Bas, ik weet het. Hij keek me aan. En in zijn ogen was van alles...