Shut the Door in My Face Mum, I know you dont love me Mary paused, the tea towel still in her hands. Slowly, she turned towards...
Open up, weve arrived Emily, its Aunt Susan! The voice on the phone rang out with such fake cheer that it made me grit my teeth....
Entering the flat, Emily paused. By the doorway, neatly arranged beside hers and Davids shoes, stood a pair of high-heeled stilettos. She recognised them instantlythey belonged...
Harriet could scarcely believe what was happening to her. Her husbandher own, her only, the man she thought was her greatest supporthad said just this morning,...
A Taste of Freedom We finished refurbishing last autumn, began Vera Bennett, settling into her favourite armchair with that air of someone about to recount a...
The Pancake Pan Looking back, I marvel that I ever made it to work on time at all in those days. That particular morning, I, Margaret,...
Nine Red Roses The mother-in-law popped round for a few hours, and the son-in-law realised early on: he wasnt going to make it. Announced, with as...
The Cottage, It Fixes Everything “You’ve lost your mind, haven’t you? I told Daphne you’d be coming! Arranged it so she’d set aside the best cut...
HOMELESSEmma has nowhere left to go. Truly, nowhere at all I suppose I could sleep at the train station for a couple of nights. But then...
The other day, I was reading this story online from a single mum who said she felt completely lost, couldnt see any way forward. And, honestly,...