Waking in the middle of the night, Emily felt an emptiness beside her. Confused, she reached out, expecting the familiar warmth of her husband, Jeremy. But...
Waking in the middle of the night, Emily felt an emptiness beside her. Confused, she reached out, hoping to feel the familiar warmth of her husband,...
Emma cheated on her husband just once, before the wedding. He called her fat and said she wouldnt fit into her bridal gown. Even before tying...
Emily never imagined at twenty what life had in store for her. She was studying at university, deeply in love with her boyfriend Daniel, and dreaming...
**Diary Entry** I cant believe I lost my job interview to save an old man who collapsed on a busy street in London! But when I...
**The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions** “Yes, I know youre not obliged! But hes your own flesh and blood! Would you really leave...
“Excuse me may I join you for dinner?” asked the homeless girl, her voice barely above a whisper, yet it cut through the hum of the...
At 49, with two grown children and a beloved husbandhe chose youth and destroyed everything. In a quiet village near Winchester, where the River Itchen winds...
“You said you married me because I was ‘convenient’ today!” Sophie stood in the kitchen, clutching her coffee cup as the steam curled up, burning her...
You said today you married me because I was convenient! she exclaimed. He merely shrugged. Whats so bad about that? Are you wearing that old dressing...
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...