La vida

**A Heart-to-Heart, Son** On the final day of the Christmas break, a group of mates decided to hit the ice rink.

A Failed Operation Edward staggered out of the car rather than stepped. He’d only performed three routine

**A Failed Operation** Edward didn’t step out of the car—he half-fell from it. Only three routine surgeries

**The Puppy** Lily and her mum lived alone. Her father? Well, he existed, but he didn’t matter.

“Left your daughter with me?”—The awful thought made Val’s blood run cold. “

**A Second Chance** “Joanne, are you heading home?” Emily tapped her manicured nails impatiently

“Did she leave her daughter with me?”—The horrifying thought sent a wave of heat through Valerie.

**A Twist of Fate** I’d never seen Emily truly alone before. First, she lived with her parents, then

**The Fortune** “Why the long face? You’ll love it there, just wait. The sea, the beach, the sunshine…

The air is crisp and biting outside. Emily dashes home from school to escape the cold, her breath forming