La vida

**Diary Entry 12th March** We had such high hopes that my mother would retire, move to the countryside

I used to think my marriage was perfectuntil my best mate asked me a question that changed everything.

Already someone new? The neighbors whispered behind their hands when they spotted a man in widowed Eleanors garden.

Emily visited her mother every other day, leaving food and water by the bedside before slipping away

Unexpected visit to family: a secret that should have stayed hidden I arrive at my daughters house without

We had high hopes that my mum would retire, move to the countryside, and leave her three-bedroom flat

Brian, for heavens sake, do something already! Laura snapped, jerking her husbands arm as he slept.

Brian Smith rolls over in the shared flat on the third floor of a block in Brixton, mumbling something

I was digging through Dads paperwork the other day and stumbled on a sealed envelope. Inside was a will

Once upon a time, in a quiet corner of London, a woman named Emily sat with her friend Margaret over tea.