To stand on my own

NIA drew her car on to the gravelled area by the gate of the cottage and switched off the engine. She was thankful for satnav or she might never have found this place. Winding lanes, numerous crossroa

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Merrie couldn’t find her husband anywhere. The day before Christmas Eve was always busy and at 9.30am she’d expect to find him in the warehouse, checking on packing and loading and last-minute orders.

The September sun was still warm when I reached the familiar stretch of beach. I glanced up at a messy display of cotton-wool clouds in the sky. They were bobbing randomly overhead and I almost felt I