Emily Taylor

Im 45, and Ive stopped putting out the welcome mat at my flat. These days some people seem to forget

Choosing Freedom Natalie woke a minute before the alarm. The room was still dim, but a grey February

Sorry, Mum. Its a posh affair. Emma doesnt want you there. She thinks youre a bit too dramatic.

Patricia Riley, 58, lay in the quiet of her bedroom in a modest terraced house on the outskirts of Croydon

Im sorry for how things turned out Mihai, are you sure you took everything? Want to doublecheck?

I still recall that cold Christmas night many years ago, when I sat at my sons house in a leafy suburb

At my sons birthday party, he seized the microphone and announced, My fatherinlaw paid for everything

My son called me and said, Dad, last week we moved to another county. My wife says she needs her own space.

My daughterinlaw left her mobile in my house. It buzzed, and a picture of my husband, James, who died

Ana, its over between us, Mihai said coldly. I want a real family, children. You cant give me that.