Ive known Emily Harper for as long as I can remember, ever since she arrived at Willow Grove Orphanage a month ago. She came here after...
Let me go, please, the woman whispered, her voice trembling like a cracked mirror. Im not going anywhere This is my home, and I wont abandon...
The summer sun beat down mercilessly, the street simmering in heat. Sam hustled away from the bus shelter, a battered gym bag slung over his shoulder,...
Victor Randolph lifted the collar of his crisp white shirt and barked, Nora, the tie! He snatched the silk strip from his wifes hand, fixed her...
Look at her, off to work again, whispered a neighbour, low enough to sound like a breath but loud enough for everyone to hear. Did you...
I still recall that bustling Saturday market in the old square of Bath, as if it were yesterday. Stalls brimmed with produce, hawkers hurried about, and...
June 3 I woke up to the empty echo of the flat, the kind of silence that feels heavy enough to choke on. Outside the street...
I remember the little miracle that changed Ethels world. Ethel had been in the childrens home for a month now. She had been placed there after...
23October2025 Diary The rain was a soft mist over the old churchyard, and the black umbrellas swayed like raven wings over a freshly dug grave. Andrew...
The boy wakes to his mothers groan. He leans over her bed. Mum, does it hurt? he asks. Matt, fetch me some water! she snaps. Im...