The iron lady

Maddie set the hammered silver dish at the back of the cabinet and arranged the utensils around it, a double-ended spoon-fork, knives and a long-handled ladle. Beside each, she put a description card,

Seeing her mum lying lifeless on the floor, Roann tried to reason with her attacker. Then he came at her with a knife…

It has been a long drive, but I need to get as far away from the city as possible. Somewhere near Andover the stupidity of what I’m doing hits me and I pull into a service station, get out of the car

Writing home with…

Danny’s bench Margaret is my mum. She died ...

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