**Diary Entry A Lesson in Boundaries** After breakfast, sweet Emily washed the dishes while her mother-in-law, Margaret, rang. Little six-month-old Oliver was peacefully asleep in his...
My sister-in-law decided that we were the ones obligated to spoil her childrenand only us. I married Daniel nearly eight years ago. A kind man, always...
**The Stepfather** *”Because youve got no right sniffing around a young girl!”* Val shot back, his voice sharp with defiance. *”Excuse me?”* *”Youve turned Emilys head,...
“Where are you going? Weve come to visit you!” “I cant stand your sister!” exclaimed Emily, grimacing. “She drives me mad!” “Youre not alone in that,”...
The taxi pulled up by the iron gates of the cemetery. A young man stepped out and approached the flower seller at the entrance. “Twelve tulips,...
The taxi pulled up by the gates of the cemetery. A young man stepped out and approached the woman selling flowers near the entrance. “Twelve tulips,...
Everything seemed normal raising our tripletsuntil one of them started saying things no seven-year-old should know. We brought up our boys the same way, but one...
She came home to find no husband and none of his things. “Well, dont look at me like that,” Zoe chuckled. “Stanley just wanted to prove...
Three years after my husband left me for a childhood friend, an unexpected run-in at a petrol station made me smile When my husband started pulling...
Laughter at the Poor Girl: A Fateful Encounter At a lavish party in a grand mansion in an affluent neighbourhood of Windsor, Emily and her daughter...