“At forty-one, you want a baby?!” James shouted at Emily. “Most women your age are grandmothers! Emily, dont be ridiculous!” “Fine, I get ityou think this...
**Diary Entry** *Friday, 23rd June* “Forty-one years old and wanting a babyhave you lost your mind?” Marks voice was sharp as he glared at me. “Most...
Oliver shoved the front door open, letting the icy twilight seep into the dim hallway. He didnt make his usual racketno clatter of shoes, no cheerful...
Im not cooking for everyone anymore! Just for me and Annie. And whys that? Nikita scowled. Because in this family, as Ive come to realise, everyones...
“Im not cooking for everyone anymore! Just for myself and Annie.” “Why on earth not?” snapped Nicholas. “Because in this family, Ive realised its every man...
“So, a marriage certificate really is stronger than just living together, eh?” The men at work teased Nadine. “I wont go to the thirty-year university reunionIll...
Betrayal, Shock, and Secrets. Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. *How oddwe have a doorbell, and everyone we know uses...
Unwanted Guests The phone jolted Valerie awake at five in the morning. An unknown number flashed on the screen. “Yes?” she mumbled dryly. “Val? Is that...
*”So, a marriage certificate is still stronger than just living together, eh?”* The men taunted Nadine with sly grins. *”I wont go to the thirty-year reunionIll...
**The Vengeance of a Scorned Woman** Anthony Smith, a physics teacher at a rural school in Somerset, married for the second time. At forty-one, his new...
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...