We Started Pretending We Werent Home to Avoid Visits from the Grandkids I never thought Id hear myself say out loud, “I dont want the grandchildren...
Ignatius, hurt by his mothers behaviour, decided to live apart from her. “You dont respect me at all!” The long echo of his mother-in-laws anger travelled...
Late Farewell: A Goodbye on the Way Home After kissing his lover tenderly goodbye, Philip Carter slid into his car and drove home. He paused for...
Im sixty years old and live in Oxford. I never imagined that after all Ive been through, twenty years of complete silence, the past would barge...
Julia found herself with child. Her husband, George, never left her side throughout the pregnancy, indulging her every whim and desire. At last, the moment arrived,...
Emma discovered she was pregnant. Her husband, George, stayed by her side throughout the pregnancy, indulging her every whim and desire. Finally, the moment arrived, and...
**A Decade After Sarah Left: A Father and His Five Children Face Her Absence** When Sarah chose to walk away, leaving behind her husband and their...
“Darling, you’ve had your fun at our cottage, now off you pop back home,” the daughter-in-law shooed her mother-in-law from the property. Emily still couldnt quite...
“Darling, can you pick me up from work?” Emily called her husband, hoping to avoid a tiring forty-minute bus ride after a long day. “Love, could...
Why did I ever agree to let my son and daughter-in-law move in with me? Honestly, I still dont know. Im Vera Simmons, living in a...
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...