Harlan Covington

**Diary Entry 25 Years On** I caught myself thinking todayperhaps were the wrong sort of family. *”

Daddy, dont go! Please, dont leave us! Dad, dont buy me anything anymore, or Alfie either. Just stay

James shoved open the front door, letting the cold gloom of early dusk seep into the dimly lit hallway.

Natasha was cooking dinner when there was a knock at the door. “Thats odd,” she thought. “

**”She’s No One to Me!”** my mother-in-law declared at my sons birthday, but she never

She wasnt theirs by blood, those five But who could tell George had lost his wife. She never recovered

You said you married me because I was convenient today! she snapped. He shrugged, unfazed. So what?

For two weeks, a cat kept turning up at the window. The staff couldnt believe it when they found out why.

“Emily, honestly, nothing terrible has happened! Men slip up sometimesthey get carried away and

“What are we doing here? Why are we breaking into someone elses house?” “