**A Reunion of Friends** Mickey started Year Two at a new school in a different village. He overheard
**Fate Doesn’t Give Us Extras** Returning from a work trip in the countryside, Nigel drove at a steady
Lying in a drowsy haze after waking, Veronica stretched lazily in bed, savouring the sweet limbo between
Patience, only patience. “Mum, Dad—happy golden anniversary!” cried their daughter joyfully
Only on the Third Try How much bitterness must one endure, how many loved ones must be lost, before true
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I’m going to be a grandmother… but how do I come to terms with the fact that she’s twelve years older