**Diary Entry 5th October** *”So, is a marriage certificate really stronger than just living together?”
Laura was tidying up the kitchen, smoothing out the new floral-patterned tea towels, when her phone buzzed.
**Diary Entry 14th May** For seven years, James and I were married. From the day we said our vows, I
James and I had been married for seven years. From the very day of our wedding, I agreed to live with
It was a bitter winters evening when the matter was settled: guests were soon to arrive, and the old
The day I returned my mother-in-law to the house of my cheating husband and his loverwith words that
I stepped out into the rain with little Michael in my arms, my shoes squeaking on the wet pavement.
“Natasha, I won’t stay married to your sonyou can tell him that yourself,”
Emily and her mother-in-law, Margaret, sat huddled together on an old bed, bundled up in thick jumpers.
Everyone fell silent when, among the guests, twelve tall men appeared, dressed in full naval ceremonial