The summer sun was blazing, and the heat made the pavement sizzle. Simon Clarke trudged away from the bus stop, a hefty gym bag slung over...
Emily, love, are you free this Saturday? her motherinlaws voice chimed over the handset, warm and familiar, the exact intonation Emily had learned to pick out...
“Warm the souls, dear,” barked Victor Roman, tugging at the collar of his crisp white shirt. He snatched the tie from his wife’s hand and stared...
Nobody will ever take him, they used to say. There were no separate rooms in the old Birmingham animal refuge; everything lay in one vast, noisy...
Emily lies beside her husbands hospital bed, tears streaming down her face. A sixyearold girl whispers, Im sorry, Auntie as soon as you leave he throws...
I loathe him! He isnt my father! Let him go. Well manage without him, Lucy snarled at her stepdad, her voice raw with fury. I never...
We used to call her the Fairy among ourselves. She was short and round, always strolling with a white poodle on a leash, pulling treats out...
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,...