Author: Ilon Maks

**The Vengeance of a Wronged Woman** Physics teacher Geoffrey Wilson, who worked at a village school

In the hazy glow of twilight, Emily murmured to herself, “Perhaps you and I are the most peculiar family.

The air in the tiny London flat was thick with grief. Six-year-old Alfie clung to his fathers leg, his

Tommy shoved open the front door with uncharacteristic quietness, letting in the damp chill of an early

Betrayal, Shock, and Secrets Natalie was preparing dinner when there was a knock at the door. “

I awoke at five in the morning, when the first pale streaks of dawn had only just begun to lighten the sky.

**Diary Entry** Its been a year since George lost his wife. She never recovered from the birth of their youngest.

“Mum, maybe let Gran go and get lost? Itd be better for everyone,” said Molly defiantly. “

**Diary Entry** *12th March* You said you married me because I was convenient! So what? He shrugged.

Early Spring Little Emily, a four-year-old girl, studied the “newcomer” who had recently