I often think back to those bleak days, remembering how my husband, John Whitaker, abandoned me for another woman.
THE UNRULY STEED WAS TO BE SLAIN, BUT AN ABANDONED GIRL DID SOMETHING UNFORGETTABLE No one could draw
At dinner, my daughter slipped a crumpled note onto the table. Pretend youre ill and get out of here, it read.
She sits on the hospital bed, legs drawn up, and repeats irritably, I dont need him. Im refusing him.
He didnt sit well with me from the start. Oh, did you just swing a hammer at him? Maybe you imagined it?
Emilys mother raises her alone, and for as long as Emily can remember she has been a loveless daughter.
Svet, were hungry! Stop lying there! a disgruntled voice shouted from above.Her head throbbed, her throat
Sorry, Mum, I couldnt just leave them, my 16yearold shouted as he walked through the front door, cradling
Enough already, Alice! begged her husband, his voice echoing as if from another room. Youre impossible
Theres an old saying: Where theres kin, theres hassle. Ive watched it play out many times, and the tale