Cyrus Hargrave

My mother-in-law curses me for stealing her son, who refused to serve her every whim. Three years ago

**Diary Entry – 21st October** If someone had told me one sentence could erase years of love, devotion

My mother-in-law is convinced I destroyed the family by taking her son away from her. Three years ago

I was wrong about her. And I never imagined that one of the biggest mistakes of my life would be… Sometimes

In a snug flat in the heart of Manchester, a tense silence lingered, broken only by the creak of a walking

I’m 38, and I’m still terrified of my mother. It eats away at me like a slow poison. Every year, I stare

In a cramped flat on the outskirts of Manchester, an oppressive silence hung thick in the air, broken

I always believed that the more roots a family has, the stronger its tree. Relatives—even new ones, even

**Diary Entry** Sometimes I wonder how some people have the nerve to demand what isn’t theirs so persistently

When Illness Tears a Family Apart: A Drama in Anna’s Home Anna sat in the kitchen, clutching a