Author: Harlan Covington

**Diary Entry 15th June** *”Youre not my wifewe never stood in a registry office, did we?”

I thought my marriage was perfectuntil my best friend asked me that question. I married young, swept

**Saturday, 12th November** Tom, can you look after Harry? Polly called towards the bedroom, adjusting

Already a different man? Elaine might at least have considered what people would saythe neighbours whispered

“Have you ever thought, Emily, that when things get tough, sometimes the simplest solutions are the best?

**Diary Entry** “Oh, Emily, hello! Visiting your mum?” Mrs. Thompson called from her balcony. “

On my husbands birthday, our son pointed at the guests and shouted, “Thats her! Shes wearing that skirt!

**15th May, 2024** Emma and James were finishing supper when the front door swung open, and his motherMargaretburst

**Diary Entry** Mum lives off my moneythose words chilled me to the bone. Mum is a burdenI still remember

Many years ago, in a quiet corner of London, a memory unfolded that still lingers in my mind. “