Walton Merritt

Nickys happy childhood ended when he was five. One day, his parents never came to collect him from nursery.

**Diary Entry** This morning, like always, I woke up a minute before the alarm. An old habit from my

**Ungrateful** *Saturday, 8 AM* “Emily, we’re starving! Stop lying around!”

The boy endured his stepmothers punishments every day until a police dog did something that sent chills

“Youve got no heart. Cant you see how much Olivers struggling? Hes your brotheryou couldve helped him out.

At 65, my husband and I have come to realise our children no longer rely on us. How do we accept this

**Diary Entry** I still remember the day everything changed for Emily. She was an orphan, raised in a

Every afternoon, after leaving secondary school, Thomas walked the cobbled streets with his backpack

It was a dreary Tuesday afternoon in the winter of 2011. The town seemed blanketed in grey clouds, the

The salty breeze tousled Emilys hair as she squinted against the sun, adding another stroke of paint