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“Mum, have you completely lost the plot?” The words stung Lydia like a punch to the gut.

**Hatred** James stepped out of the office building and instinctively headed toward the car park, only

For the past few weeks, my 15-year-old son, Oliver, had been acting… odd. Not in a cheeky teenage

“Mums” The cheerful midwife swept into the maternity ward at dawn, her starched cap perched

The Wedding That Wasn’t to Be Emily had graduated from teacher training college with honours, her heart

**Diary Entry** *She really does look lovely. And I’d stopped noticing.* The thought flickered through

A BABY BY THE TRAIN TRACKS—25 YEARS LATER, HER PAST FOUND HER “Wait… did you hear that?”

“Mum, have you completely lost your mind?” The words struck Lillian like a punch to the gut—sharp, cruel.

All is Not as it Seems Before her morning rounds, Nurse Nina slipped into the doctors’ office and whispered

“She really does look lovely. And I’d stopped noticing,” Victor thought to himself.