November 2025 – Page 38

15October2025 Im writing this after a day that feels like a whole life turned upside down. Today James

He left me, three children and aging parents, and fled to Italy with his lover.I couldnt stop him.

Summer was just around the corner, and Emily didnt look forward to it. It wasnt the heat that bothered her;

My brother drove his wife to despair then the unthinkable happenedMy brother had always been my role model.

The flat came to Marianne through a chance ad: Flat, centre, cheap, urgent. It looked too cheap, with

Two wives A barren womanalready more a spectre than a wife, my motherinlaw mutters, whispered Eleanor

Она взяла телефон спящего мужа, чтобы посмотреть время, и вдруг увидела уведомление, перевернувшее её

Through my hands, over the years of tending the tiny, isolated birthing ward tucked in the windblown

Emily, the therapist looked straight into my eyes and said, You and your husband are equally to blame

Tomorrow Im bound for my future motherinlaws cottage. My married friends, trying to calm my nerves, practically