Author: Walton Merritt

**Diary Entry** I’ve always loved my balcony, especially on Friday mornings when the city below

Oh, you won’t believe what happened to Emily! So her mum was away for a whole month, and her husband

A woman visited her old university friend to celebrate her birthday. Everything was just lovely—the spacious

**GUARDED BY LOVE** The meeting of Lucy and Edward seemed written in the stars. …Edward had never

Two Destinies Emily walked through the unfamiliar streets of Manchester, clutching a small scrap of paper

**Devour My Pain** Alice despised working with children. It was exhausting, tedious, and risky.

I gave birth to my husband’s mistress’s child, unknowingly, and now they want to get rid of me to take

On the corner of High Street in York, there’s a mannequin in the window of a clothing shop.

Laughter Through Hurt Margaret Williams placed a steaming bowl of beef stew in front of her granddaughter

The Third Room – Not for Guests “Don’t you dare go in there!” shouted Margaret Williams