Monthly Archives: October 2020

Chapter 54: Simon “How did this happen?” she had asked.  This woman who had come from nowhere and who carried a sadness and vulnerability with her that he recognised only too well.  The stoop of her shoulders and her limp lack-lustre hair … Continue reading →

Chapter 53: Dee Why she did it, she wasn’t sure.  It felt like a betrayal of the one friend she had in the world but she had felt a desperate need to know her enemy.  A need to understand this man who … Continue reading →

Chapter 52: Isla Following Simon’s threats and after much agonising, Isla felt that she and baby Milly would be safer if they stayed rather than trying to escape, and so Isla turned her mind to working out how to make … Continue reading →

Chapter 51: Dee Of course, Dee knew none of Isla, Milly and Simon’s history as she researched the numbers and locations of local refuges.  She had no idea that Isla believed that the only way to keep her daughter safe was … Continue reading →