Mrs. Whitmore turned her gaze once more toward the side window. The car glided slowly through the blaring horns of the city, but inside, a heavy...
**Diary Entry, 12th March 1953** The schoolmistress, Mrs. Whitaker, said to me just yesterday, “Hannah, your girl must continue her studies. Minds like hers dont come...
**Diary Entry 8th November** Last night, I found a blind three-year-old boy abandoned under a bridgeno one wanted him, so I chose to be his mother....
I once found a blind three-year-old boy abandoned beneath a bridgeno one wanted him, so I chose to be his mother. “Theres someone down there,” whispered...
Adrian lingered on old Edwards words for a long time. *”You need a woman in the house.”* Yes, he knew it was true. In the evenings,...
The ambulance arrived within minutes, but for Emily, those moments felt like an eternity. Drifting between consciousness and darkness, the unfamiliar yet steady voice of William...
Adrian lingered on the old man Edwards words for a long time. *”You need a woman in the house.”* Yes, he knew it was true. Every...
“I cant believe it! My best friend is actually Alexs father! For over four years, Ive raised this boy, never suspecting he wasnt mine.” Emily and...
The man in the suit stops by the market stall. His gaze, cool yet controlled, fixes on the rowdy young man. Around them, the crowd holds...
The ambulance sped through the streets of London, its siren wailing like a desperate cry. Inside, Emily lay unconscious, teetering between life and death. The lead...
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
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...