Month: October 2025

**The Girl with the Dowry** I was in the garden with Nina, planting seedlings, when the gate creaked open.

**JUNIE** She was due to give birth any day now. A massive three-year-old Rottweiler named Izzythough

“You’re in the way,” said the sister, and she stopped answering the phone. “

**Diary Entry** The air was thick with tension. “You’re nothing to him, and I’

“Come visit, but leave the grandchildren behind.” “Well, they’re my grandchildren

“Your family isn’t our problem,” declared her husband, packing his suitcase. “

The Unattractive Bride with a Dowry “Paul, look Is that David?” Nina, digging in the garden

“You wont see your granddaughter again,” declared my daughter-in-law before blocking my number. “

**JUNIE** She was due to give birth any day now. A massive three-year-old Rottweiler named Izzybut to

Youre nothing to himIm his mother, hissed the mother-in-law under her breath. Shouldnt have called that