28April Im not proud of how I started the evening, but I had to be honest. I forced a smile, tapped the table and said, Emily,...
My name is Emily. When I first met her I was twentytwo, shoulders weighed down by a grief too heavy to bear. I had just lost...
I meet James at a quantumphysics lecture in Cambridge. It sounds dull, but among the equations about parallel universes I spot a kindred spirit. He sits...
The envelope again, while all we get is a jar of pickles? I think to myself as I stare at the kitchen table in my motherinlaws...
Ive got to tell you about Ellies mess, and I swear it felt like a scene straight out of a gloomy British drama. She only found...
13March I asked Poppy to look after Charlie for a couple of hours while I met the lads. Alex, I really need to see the doctor,...
Toni Harper was weeding the vegetable beds when a voice called her name from the back garden. She wiped the sweat from her brow, stepped to...
Dear Diary, They kept insisting I leave the newborn in the maternity ward. Why did you even bring her home? my husband, Tom, muttered, gesturing at...
The memory of a wedding had haunted Emma Clarke since she was ten. She had been a guest at her cousins ceremony in a grand hall...
Listen, its a bit awkward to admit, Daniel smiled sheepishly, tapping his fingers on the table. I left my wallet at home, all the cards are...