I’d waited patiently for the best part of half an hour before his text arrived. Arriving enthusiastically early at our agreed usual rendezvous point, I’d found a quiet table. The place was a dive, but we had minimal chance of being seen together here. Grabbing a corner next to an old electric heater which whirred … Continue reading Should I end us?
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After work drinks?
“Coming to the pub Lou?” I look up from the data I’m inputting and see Josh, one of the other new intake of school leavers, who’s perched on the end of my desk “A few of us are going out for a few drinks if you fancy?” “Errr.” I stall for time, thinking of an … Continue reading After work drinks?
The visitor
As I glanced out of my parent’s lounge window my entire body stiffened. As I watched the tall figure with a familiar walk close the front gate and start to walk the short distance from gate to door, I clasped my hands tighter around the glass of champagne I’d just been handed. How he held … Continue reading The visitor
Christmas comparisons
I was a Christmas snob. I hold my hands up and admit it. When I decorate the Christmas tree in my home, I want a finely tuned display of pure blanched shades of champagne baubles, polished glass ornaments and stark white lights accompanied by rows of fine gold beads. Some may see a cheerless bland … Continue reading Christmas comparisons
We met at a friends party
Ben and I went on our first an only date about ten years ago. We’d met at a friend’s party, it wasn’t a conventional meeting, far from it. No eyes meeting across a crowded room or love at first sight. The man I’d been dating for a few weeks had left the house warming party … Continue reading We met at a friends party
A proper goodbye?
My trembling finger hovered over the bin icon on my phone. I had to delete his number for my own sanity. Why am I doing this to myself? I threw the phone down, his contact details still intact. I rolled onto the still warm side of the bed where he’d slept last night. I inhaled … Continue reading A proper goodbye?
A gift of shimmering snowflakes
“Calm down,” I hear David trying to bring a sense of serenity to Christmas morning, knowing he was regretting downing the left-for-Santa sherry after all the Guinness he’d drunk last night. I heard him sigh; the children were in frenzy of excitement by the time they were allowed downstairs to see what Santa Claus had … Continue reading A gift of shimmering snowflakes
All it took was a few lingering looks
“But, I…..miss…..him,” Lizzie’s sobbing had started again. It had been a week since Ben had broken off their engagement and we’d had several days and nights of tears. “I don’t understand why….” She grabbed another tissue and wiped her hot pink face, her tears freefalling. I topped up her glass of wine and then took … Continue reading All it took was a few lingering looks
RSVP my delicious plan for revenge
The wedding invitation had arrived early in the new year, the swirling rose-gold words inviting me to join Craig and his future wife for their planned nuptials in July. I immediately accepted only to change my mind the next day, this continued all spring and well into summer, my mood as changeable as the weather … Continue reading RSVP my delicious plan for revenge
School reunion
I stood in front of the gates, my hand clinging onto one of the cold iron bars. Why was I suddenly nervous? I took a deep breath and tried to regain composure. It had been over 20 years since I’d walked through the school gates for what I thought would be the last time, the … Continue reading School reunion
Armed with a pen and notebook 