Emily and her friend strolled through the park when they suddenly spotted a man and a woman embracing. He whispered something into her ear, and she...
Vicky, honestly, nothing terrible happened! Men do this sort of thinggot carried away, couldnt stop in time. Be the bigger person. Are you really going to...
The grey tabby had been coming to the window for two weeks. The hospital staff couldnt believe it when they finally understood why. Emily burst into...
“Oi, what are we doing here? Why are we breaking into someone else’s house?” “It’s over, Emily. I want a real familykids. You can’t give me...
**Diary Entry 21st November** It all came out by sheer chance. My little sister, Daisy, only four years old, had developed an umbilical hernia. The doctors...
**Early Spring** Little four-year-old Emily was eyeing the “newcomer” who had recently appeared in their neighbourhood. It was a grey-haired pensioner sitting on a bench, leaning...
“Dont be cross with me, TanyaI wont be living with you.” “Maybe we could try, Simon?” Tanyas cheeks flushed as she stared at him, barely blinking....
**STAR’S SHOES** Star was eleven years old and walked barefoot through the cobbled streets of Bath. Every stone, every crack beneath her feet whispered tales of...
STARS SHOES Star was eleven years old and walked barefoot along the cobbled streets of York. Every stone, every crack beneath her feet whispered tales of...
On a Saturday morning, Emily dropped her son off at her parents house. Shed arranged for Daniel to stay with them for a while. Back at...
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...