La vida
30April2025 Dear Diary, The Clarke estate in Surrey has always been a picture of immaculate ordercold
Thats not proper, Emma. Youre thirty and living like an old lady, she chided, settling beside her daughter.
14 March Emily had been the other woman for years. Shed never married, drifting through a string of casual
28October2025 Dear Diary, Emily has always lived the quiet, unremarkable life that my father used to
5November2025 Diary This morning I awoke to the sound of Emily coughing, her voice hoarse as if shed
The front door swung open and I slipped inside. I didnt shout the usual Mum, Im home! I just hung my
Feel the cold indifference of a place that doesnt welcome you, the relentless need to move on, to find
Lucy was racing to the office, terrified of being late. If she didnt slip through the turnstile before
Grandma, you really should be assigned to another department, the young staff giggled as they stared
Leave her at the hospital, the relatives kept saying. Why did you even take her? James bellowed, his







