November 2025 – Page 55

The solicitors office in the city centre felt oppressively warm, despite the lingering June chill outside.

Late! In three minutes she darts into the bathroom, puts on makeup, grabs her coat and boots, then hops

13October I still hear the clatter of cutlery and the murmurs around the Christmas table at the Whitfield house.

“Better a Beloved Wife Than a Dutiful Daughter” “Lydia, choose: either me or your parents!”

He left me, three children and aging parents, to run off with his lover.He abandoned me and our three

Joanna Parker remembers the day she had to decide the fate of another womans child. It was a Wednesday

Many years ago, in a quiet English village, there lived a woman named Margaret Whitcombe. Fate had not

My brother drove his wife to despair and then the unthinkable happenedMy brother was my role modelSince

**Diary Entry 18th March** Decided to surprise my husband todaycame back from visiting Mum three hours early.

What are you doing home so early? came the startled voice of her husband from the bedroom. Who called?