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Best Wishes

If I’m truthful, I equated her leaving her husband with Gary leaving me. I realise now, of course, that he left me for someone else, but I couldn’t see it at the time. I couldn’t let myself see it; it … Continue reading

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Just Good Friends

He married me because I was pregnant. His parents were pretty good-humoured about it, unlike mine; and his mum took over all the arrangements for the wedding, helped me to choose a dress and everything, and it was actually really … Continue reading

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Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall

She was sixteen when I met him, and anything but sweet. I used to refer to her as Madam, but not to her face, of course. Of the handful of men I met through that newspaper advert, I liked him … Continue reading

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