Walton Merritt

The air in the small rented flat was heavy with tension as Margaret Harrington perched stiffly on the

**Diary Entry 12th May** The knock at the door came just as I was setting the kettle on. Two strangers

**The Family Recipe** “Are you seriously planning to marry someone you met online?”

**Diary Entry A Glimpse of Fear in an Unknown Gaze** *”What the hell are you doing in my laptop?”

**Diary Entry 12th April**I was halfway to my mother-in-laws with a freshly baked lasagne when my solicitor called.

The surgeon glanced at the unconscious patientthen suddenly recoiled. “Call the police, now!”

“Son, look after your poorly sister. Don’t you dare abandon her!” Mum whispered weakly

Emma thought her husband was just in a bad mood until she found the divorce papers in his desk drawer. “

Youre going to see her again? Emily fixed her husband with a glare. David kept lacing up his shoes.

It all began with something smalla tiny, seemingly insignificant detail. Emily never imagined this trivial