Harlan Covington

**Not All That It Seems** Before her morning rounds, nurse Nina popped into the doctors’ office and whispered

So, it was you who set all this up, Gran? asked Julia, staring at the portrait. After a blazing row with

“We didn’t waste time; we just took the long way to happiness,” said Hope, pulling

**A Twist of Fate** “Good afternoon, Seraphina. How are you? I haven’t seen you in ages.

“Hey. We never did go to the cinema that time, did we?” he blurted out, forgetting all the

For as Long as I Shall… Emily had always been a well-behaved child. She did well in school, never

—How can you *not*? She’s your mother. You wept by her bedside, and now you won’t bury her?

If only we had met earlier… Valerie arrived at the surgery on time, collected her file from reception

“What if Mum and Dad really do get a divorce?” The terrible thought twisted Ollie’s stomach

The Secret of the Old Photograph Oliver and Emily studied in the same class. She was just another girl