The Nocturnal Relative and the Price of Peace
Nightly Caller and the Cost of Peace Not again, I muttered, staring despondently into a sink full of
“Tear Down That Shack!” the Businessman Shouted, Unaware That a SWAT Officer Was Already Approaching the House
Knock the cottage down! bellowed the businessman, totally unaware that a special forces officer was already
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Life on Hold
A Life on Hold Mum, can I have a sweet from the box? Just one! Please! Ellie circled the cupboard like
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A Difficult Person
A Difficult Man For heavens sake, Richard! Youre so impossible! Why must everything be so complicated with you?
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Behind Foreign Walls
Strange Walls You know what I’ve been thinking about? I asked Richard, wiping the same plate for
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Blue Stocking
Blue Stocking Be a dear and cover for me tomorrow, wont you, Alice? Its my mother-in-laws birthday, simply
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Today Marks Exactly Three Years Since I Left This Money in My Car’s Glove Compartment – A Thousand Pounds I Will Never Spend
Today marks exactly three years since that envelope of money has lain in the glove box of my car.
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The Final Dance
The Last Dance I stood at the threshold of the ward, hesitating to enter. My shoulders instinctively
A Night, a Woman, a Cat, and a Refrigerator
Night, Woman, Cat, and Fridge Dont look at me like that! Catherine shot her cat a look as stern as she
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Everyone in the village had known for ages that Oliver was coming. The girls were getting ready, fixing their hairdos. But Annie, the orphan girl, saw no reason for such girlish tricks—she stayed just as she was. And that’s exactly why he fell for her at once.
Everyone in our village had known for ages that William was coming back. The girls had been preparing