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Dearest Pip, I’ve been trapped in this nightmare for almost three days and I can’t think why you haven’t sent the cavalry in to rescue me. Honestly, why I said I’d stay the whole weekend [...]

Blackberries. They remind me of him more than anything. His birthday was in the autumn, and he always said that in preference to a cake he’d prefer a crumble. If we were visiting the country [...]

“Eat.” Always a command with my father. “I’m not hungry, papa.” “You think you’re not hungry.” “No, I’m really not hungry.” I was sitting at the dinner table anyway. It’s just where we all ended [...]

The clock out in the hall chimed the quarter hour. The window rattled with the wind. There was a draft coming through it. Annabelle ran her finger backwards and forwards over the embroidered cushion. She [...]