La vida

I stepped into the hallway of the flat where my son lived with his family, my heart thumping with a mixture

**Diary Entry 14th December** *”Leave her here, let her die!”* I heard them say as they dumped

**Diary Entry** It took me nineteen years to realise that the people who bring you into the world arent

My stepmother kept demanding my help every weekenduntil I finally said enough. Im not a housemaid, and

“Leave her here, let her die!” they muttered, dumping the old woman into the snowdrift.

My mum pretends to be ill so she doesnt have to work and lives off us. Shes never had the slightest desire to work.

The biting November wind cut through the skin like knives, while a damp, bone-chilling cold rolled in

Two decades passed without a single gift for her, yet their life together remained smooth.Sebastien Moreau

I severed ties with my familyand for the first time, I breathe freely. Growing up, I believed family

Get up early tomorrow and make mum a soup, James demanded. Only the one whos her child should be the