Walton Merritt

A Random Bouquet and Fate’s Twist Emily sat alone in her modest flat in the quiet town of Cheltenham

Family Secrets and the Road to Happiness Margaret Whitmore had bought a basket of ripe, fragrant strawberries

**Shadows of the Past and a New Path** I came home from work to our flat in Pinebridge, drained from the day.

Margaret sat in her small flat in Manchester, staring at the old telly buzzing quietly in the corner

Mum keeps telling me off for not helping her with my poorly brother, but after school I packed my things

Her name was Emma, she had once been his colleague. A few hours before the anniversary dinner, her husband

Margaret sat at the heavy oak table in her home in Manchester, gripping a cup of long-cold tea.

Emily asked me to move in with them for a week to look after their son, but turns out I wasn’t just needed

Margaret sat on the porch of her home in Manchester, clutching a cup of cold tea. Her heart was torn

Emily stood by the window of her flat in Manchester, watching as Paul strapped their four-year-old son