Author: Emily Taylor
We Only Wanted What Was Best for You
— “What’s this about a music school?” Mum hurled the leaflet A…
“We only ever wanted whats best” What dyou mean, music school? her mother snapped, hurling
Mum just wanted to help Did you hear? Sandras just had her second grandchild, can you believe it?
Stage I. The Vanishing Act Silence So Loud It RangHe left quietly, no shouting or door-slamming, no melodrama
Either Mum, or No One “Lucy, we ought to get another ticket for the theatre,” said Tom, breaking
Youre not my family anymore Mum, Ive brought Lucy round, Tamaras voice echoes from the hallway, pulling
Trying to Pack Me Off, Are You?
— What on earth are you wearing? — Elizabeth glanced her daughter u…
Trying to Get Rid of Me What on earth are you wearing? Barbara Wilson eyed her daughter up and down
Emilys popping by tonight. About seven o’clock. You dont mind, do you? Julia put her hairbrush
Six months after signing the divorce papers, just as I thought my life was finally settling, my phone
Dont tell me how to live my life.Emily, let me go! I just cant take it anymore. This isnt a home, its
I never imagined that my wedding day would become the most humiliatingand at the same time, the most







