La vida

Emily, a junior doctor in the paediatric ward of St.Albans Hospital, watched a young woman sit on the

**Diary Entry 6th October** Mum needed me to take my little brother, Tommy, to his first day at primary school.

James, Ive got a promotion! Emilys voice squealed with delight as she slipped off her shoes on the way in.

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

**A Fake for the Dearest** But *Ill* be the one making your ringsremember that! Max said it with such

Shouldnt have aired the dirty laundry, I muttered to myself as I thought about what had happened.

Harry, can you hear yourself? So Im supposed to wait until Im forty to mop up the messes of your teenage years?

“Fake for the Most Precious Person” But Ill be the one making your rings, remember that!

Look after my mum, its not that hard, Valentina said, though she sounded more like a pleading aunt than