**”My Daughter-in-Law Is NOBODY to Me!”** I woke up at five in the morning, just as the first hints of dawn were creeping through the window....
Just now, I was thinking that you and I must be the most unusual family,” said Emily, snuggling closer to her husband. “Its so lovely to...
It was one of those peculiar situationsguests were arriving soon, and they had to leave. “Listen, people are coming over, and youll need to go somewhere....
Right, heres the thingweve got guests coming soon, and youll need to make yourselves scarce. Listen, weve got guests arriving, and youll have to go somewhere....
“Daddy, dont go! Please, dont leave us! Dad, dont buy me anything else, or Alfie either. Just stay with us! We dont need toy cars or...
He isnt theirs by blood, these five But who would even dare say it Yegor lost his wife. She never recovered from the last childbirth. No...
Tommy pushed open the front door hard, letting the cold gloom of early evening seep into the dim hallway. When he stepped inside, there was none...
Betrayal, Shock, and a Mystery Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. “Odd,” she thought. “We have a doorbell, and all...
“Natalie, tell your son I wont be living with him anymore,” said Emily, her voice steady. “Who else will have you, with a child in tow?”...
“Natalie, I will not live with your son any longeryou can tell him that yourself,” said Emily. “Who do you think youll live with instead?” scoffed...
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...