Walton Merritt

**A Chilly Reception** I’d been looking forward to visiting Paul’s parents in their little village near

Six years of scrimping and saving—denying ourselves even the smallest luxuries—finally paid off.

I can no longer bear living with my husband’s grandmother. It’s absolute torture!

*Diary Entry – 12th October* “Why wasn’t I invited?”—my mother-in-law’s voice dripped with hurt

Oh, I just have to vent about my mother-in-law. She’s always forcing her ways on us, and my husband?

When Emily left Simon, it felt like his heart had been ripped right out of his chest. Six years together

I married a mummy’s boy, and now everything in this house has to be “just like Mum’

It was a quiet evening when Alexandra and George were finishing their supper, and the front door burst open.

Emily walked into her London flat, arms straining under the weight of two heavy shopping bags.

Sophie waved her husband—James—off to work, planting a quick kiss on his cheek before shutting the door