I was pulling weeds from the vegetable patch when I heard someone calling my name from the yard.
I married the widower next door, who was eightytwo, just to keep the council from shoving him into a
William frowned at the cottage hed just taken over. She married me, they say, yet she cant even boil
When I turned eighteen, my mother tossed me out of the house. Years later, destiny led me back, and inside
After twentythree years of marriage, Claires domestic life had become unbearably dull. Her daughter had
They never hurried to love, because love lingered forever. In the quiet of the town library, even when
When will you be gone? the daughterinlaw whispered at my hospital bedside, unaware that I could hear
Well, you see, Victor spat, I took her, shes my wife now, and she cant cook a proper roast nor wash a
I hadnt asked you to ruin your life Emma, are you sure youre alright? You dont make decisions like that
Moneys vanished this month, poof, gone, Mike tightened his boots, perched on a stool by the hallway door.







