La vida

**Devour My Pain** Alice despised working with children. It was exhausting, tedious, and risky.

**The In-Laws Came for the Weekend** “Mum, have you completely lost it?! What in-laws?!”

All my friends have young, pretty mums, but mine isn’t like that. She looks more like a grandma, and

The rain drummed steadily on the roof of the cottage when Margaret heard a timid knock at the door.

“All my friends have mums who look young and beautiful, but not me. Mine looks more like a grandma

**Devour My Sorrow** Alika disliked working with children most of all. It was difficult, tedious, and

*She Said “Yes”* Margaret Elizabeth stood by the window, watching her neighbour hang laundry

**Three Days Without a Call** Valerie Wilkins lifted the receiver for the fourth time that morning, listened

**She Said “Yes”** Edith Margaret stood by the window, watching the neighbour hang laundry

No one knew his name. He was a scrawny lad of nine, with a slightly tattered jumper. Every afternoon