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Lucy, are you certain this is the right moment for a baby? Margaret set her teacup down and stared across

Emma, you cant just send a child away! Shes tiny, in a town she doesnt know. Do you realise what could

I could no longer live a lie, my friend confessed over dinner. Are you out of your mind? How much does

Take him away for good! Sarah snapped, irritation flaring. All these formalities are pointless.

Honestly, mum keeps saying Ive gone a bit offtherails lately, I said, rolling my eyes. Oh, mum says

It was a cold January night on the South Bank, and the crowds outside the London Eye were shouting, flashing

Once, in the hazy middle of my second pregnancy, a girl cradling a newborn appeared at my doorstep.

After Easter dinner, I caught my husband whispering to his niece, She was flat broke when I met her.

Not my child, the millionaire announced coldly, his voice echoing through the marble hallway.

28April2025 Diary None of the grandmothers will fetch our little boy from the nursery, so Im forced to