15June2023 Its been a strange few weeks. Emily woke up with a temperature of forty degrees Celsius a proper high fever and refused to go to...
If it werent for the innate curiosity he inherited from his antiquarian father, Luke Harper would simply walk past the glint in the heap of building...
26October 2025 I awoke to the muffled snores of Brian, my husband, sprawled across the sofa like a halfcollapsed sack of potatoes. My own sleep had...
My husband walked out on me for another woman, and when he crashed his car, my motherinlaw told me I had to take him back into...
He didnt win me over at first. Oh, did he just swing at you? Maybe you imagined it? Maybe it was an accident? Mum, maybe isnt...
Lila, think it over again! pleaded her eighteenyearold mother, Margaret. Hes a proper adult! Twice your age. Whats so wonderful about being with him, dear? Please,...
We never meant for it to happen it simply unfolded on its own. Max, guess what? Weve got a new girl in the department! Evelyn. Shes...
Alison, stop it already! begged her husband. I cant live under the same roof with you like this! Youve put yourself in this mess. Whos keeping...
Twobed flat? Not a chance for me! Ill put the lease in Graces name and move in with you. Youre living alone anyway, Nora said, never...
My patience finally snapped Ive reached my limit and the stepdaughter of my wife will never set foot in our house again. Im Mark, a bloke...
Morning started just the way it always did. Andrew Sinclair woke up a minute before his alarm, like hed been...
Old letters When the postman finally stopped hoisting parcels up the stairs and began leaving newspapers and envelopes in the...
I still recall how James turned his back on a seaside holiday, all for the sake of saving a few...
Step back! he roared. I never vowed to marry you! And I dont even know whose baby this is. Maybe...
Emily was being way too clingy about helping around the house, so I gave her a gentle shove toward the...
Margaret, must I keep calling you Mrs. Whitaker? I asked, trying to keep the tremor out of my voice. Explain...
26October2025 I can hardly believe Im writing this, but I need to get it out of my head before the...
I stopped ironing Jamess shirts the day he dismissed my work as just sitting at home. Come on, Emily, what...
James said he was off on a work trip, but I found his car parked outside my best friends flat....
The brides mother, Margaret Whitfield, slid me into the worst table with a sardonic smile. Know your place, she sneered....