The Child No One Could Make Speak… Until She Came Along Lillian’s mother had been poorly for years. Every day was a struggle, but even in...
The solitary street sweeper found a phone in the park. Switching it on, she stood frozen for a long time. Martha Whitcombe left for work earlier...
**The Child Who Would Not Speak Until She Came** Margarets mother had long been ill. Each day was a struggleyet even in her hardest moments, she...
On the day of our golden wedding anniversary, my husband confessed he’d loved another woman his whole life. “Not that one, Colin, not that one! I...
“Rom, darling, it’s twins!” sobbed Tanya down the phone. “Theyre so tiny, just 5.5 pounds each, but theyre healthyeverythings fine!” “God, the scan did say twins,”...
Ignatius, wounded by his mothers behaviour, resolved to live apart from her. “You dont respect me at all!” The lingering echo of his mothers fury travelled...
**Diary Entry 12th November 1989** *”If the baby looks like him, Ill give it up I swear, Ill give it up!”* Lauras voice was hollow, drained...
“If the baby looks like him… I’ll refuse it. I’ll give it life and refuse it!” Lacey murmured in a hollow voice, her words barely more...
“Oi, Mum, had your fun at our cottage? Time to head back,” the daughter-in-law shooed her mother-in-law off the property. Emily still couldnt believe it. Had...
**Unwelcome Guests** The phone jolted Emily awake at five in the morning. An unknown number flashed on the screen. “Yes?” she said flatly. “Emily, love?” 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...