Author: Mitsuko Nagasaki

**”She’s Nobody to Me!”** My mother-in-law declared at my son’s birthdaybut she

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

“Mum, maybe we should just let Gran go out and get lost? Itd be better for everyone,”

The flat is minebought before we married! I say sharply as my husband confidently gives orders about my home.

“Get out of here, you filthy old man!” they shouted after him, shoving him out of the hotel.

“I’ve been sick of you since our wedding night! You disgust me! Leave me alone!”

**Diary Entry** *Heres the truth about your fiancée.* Those were the words my father spoke, his voice

“If you think I do nothing for you, try living without me!” Emma snapped. That evening, the

The air in the flat was thick with tension. “Either you let my brother move in, or pack your things

The last rays of evening light seeped through heavy curtains, casting weary stripes across the expensive