Month: September 2025

At 70, I realised the scariest thing isnt an empty houseits a full one where no one really needs you. “

**Diary Entry 27th October** “Mum, Ill be there,” I muttered, barely glancing up from the

Long ago, in a hospital ward somewhere in England, a scene unfolded that would linger in memory.

**Diary Entry** He always said his late-night disappearances were for work. I never believed him, and

“If I’m the villain in your mother’s story, then let her live however she pleases.

The Leash of Fate Morning sunlight, soft yet insistent, slipped through the thin curtains, casting golden

**Diary Entry** He kept insisting his late-night disappearances were for work. I didnt believe him.

In those days, the tension between Eleanor and her mother-in-law, Margaret, had reached its breaking point.

**Diary Entry 3rd November** For fifty years, I had been terrified of becoming a widow. Only now, after

**The Leash of Fate** The soft but persistent rays of morning sunlight slipped through the thin curtains