Author: Walton Merritt

Okay, so Daisy found out her dad was having an affair completely by accident. She’d bunked off school

I still recall the scent of hothouse roses filling that grand hall. Crisp damask tablecloths, the chime

Nina found it baffling why her luck in love seemed cursed. She was capable – sharp, attractive.

My husband led a double life, I remember it now as if it were yesterday. “You didn’

Robert and Victoria had shared seven years together since their school days. No children had come along;

All the neighbors knew John was a bumbling oaf—sometimes a clod, sometimes a twit, sometimes a dithering fool.

Emma paused in the hazy supermarket glow, coins slipping through dream-slowed fingers. Steven stood detached

Dearest Diary, My world shattered yesterday when Anthony walked out on me and little Katie.

It was an ordinary Tuesday at Manchester General Hospital. People in the waiting area sat absorbed in

Deep within the chapel, silence hung heavy, chilling as fog. The air was thick with incense, choked tears