“Shut up,” the husband snapped, throwing his suitcase to the floor. “I’m leaving you and this backwater you call a life.” “Backwater?” Margaret turned slowly from...
I became an orphan at six years old when my mother died giving birth to my little brother. I still remember it clearlyhow we were already...
“Dont worry, Simon! Cheer up! At least you had a brilliant New Years Eve!” Here he was, back in his hometown. Simon stepped off the platform,...
“Ah, dont worry, Dave! Cheer upat least you had a cracking New Years! Back in his hometown now. Dave stepped off the train, crossed the station...
There was a knock at the door. I opened it, and there stood my mother-in-law, soaked to the bone, her eyes swollen from cryingturns out, the...
On the day of our golden wedding anniversary, my husband confessed he had loved another woman all his life. “Not that one, Colin, not that one!...
My wife takes care of the house while Im here with you, my love. An unknown number called, and I heard my husbands voice say: “My...
When the jangle of keys echoed in the lock, Emilys heart sank. She knew that commanding click of heels down the hallway better than the rhythm...
Go to the kitchen, now! I heard my husband sayand something inside me snapped. Emily stared at her phone screen. For the fourth time in half...
” Go to the kitchen! I heard from my husbandand I couldnt take it anymore. Vera stared at her phone screen. Andrew had messaged for the...
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...