Harlan Covington

**Diary Entry** The sun hung high, bathing the garden in golden light. Roses and daffodils bloomed in

**A Holiday with Family** I sat on the edge of the bed, exhausted, staring at the neat stack of banknotes

For the past fortnight, you’ve barely touched your food—fallen for someone, have you, Elsie?

**A Meeting on the Bridge** Fallen autumn leaves danced in the wind, swirling through the air before

Margaret Whitmore lived alone, endlessly complaining to her neighbors about her ungrateful daughter and

**Unshaken** After the divorce and splitting the flat, Emily had to move to the outskirts of London.

Back in the day, life in the English countryside was full of simple joys—no internet, just village dances

The young father named his daughter Snowdrop because she was born on a winter’s day, with thick flakes

Reunion with Kin Stephen moved into his mother’s flat when she fell ill. He and his wife lived on the

From the outside, Emily and Daniel’s marriage seems perfectly respectable—calm and harmonious.