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**Wedding Gift from the Mother-in-Law: Better Nothing Than This!** Emily and James were finally getting married.

She betrayed her husband only once, before the wedding. He called her fat and said she wouldnt fit into

The heavy oak door creaked as I stepped into my gallerythe only place where grief couldnt swallow me whole.

My brother James got married six years ago, and since then, neither I nor our parents have set foot in his home.

My brother James married six years ago, and since then, neither I nor our parents have set foot in their home.

This is no fleeting affair, Victoria. Ive lived a double life for seventeen years, said Dominic, nervously

**Diary Entry 12th March** Emily lost her job interview to save an elderly man who collapsed on a crowded

**Diary Entry** I never loved my wife, and I told her so many times. It wasnt her faultwe got on well enough.

**Diary Entry** *Today, I find myself reflecting on an old memoryone that still aches in quiet moments.* “

This isnt some fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years, Dominic said, twisting