**Unwelcome Visitors** The phone jolted Valerie awake at five in the morning. An unknown number flashed
Natasha was cooking dinner when there was a knock at the door. “Thats odd,” she thought. “
Betrayal, Shock, and a Dash of Drama Natalie was just putting the finishing touches on dinner when there
In the hazy glow of twilight, Emily murmured to herself, “Perhaps you and I are the most peculiar family.
A Daughter-in-Law Is Nothing to Me! declared my mother-in-law at my sons birthdaybut she never expected
When Mother and I were returning from the market, I was the first to notice him. He wasnt curled beneath
When Emma tugged the rope tied around the sack, the fabric loosened slowly, rustling softly.
I found myself slumped on the same edge of the bed where Id collapsed the night before. My eyes burned
When my mother-in-law found out we were planning to buy a flat, she pulled my husband aside for a chat.
**”She’s No One to Me!”** my mother-in-law declared at my sons birthday, but she never








