Author: Walton Merritt

The Wedding Gown “How dare you, Emily? How dare you try on my wedding dress?” Margaret’

Margaret stood by the kitchen window, watching her husband George tinker with some gadget in the garage.

An Ordinary Day – And a Divorce Emily set the kettle on the stove and absentmindedly wiped the counter

The Sister Who Decided for Everyone The phone rang at precisely seven in the morning, just as Lydia was

**Ten Years Wasted** “Bloody hell, Emily!” shouted Charlotte, grabbing her cup of cold coffee

“Lydia, how could you let this happen?” Valerie hissed, her voice tight with accusation as she stood

**Thursday, 15th June** The guests have left, but the bitterness lingers. “Mum, how can you say that?

“Who do you even think you are, telling me what to do?” Robert spun around from the fridge, a can of

**Diary Entry** Mum’s lost her mind—proper lost it. I could hardly keep my voice steady. “

“I wanted to do this the nice way!” “Margaret Whitmore, I’m telling you for the last time!