It felt a bit like the lying you do before you throw someone a surprise party – horrid and necessary all at the same time. All the more horrid because she’d asked to come with me. ‘Brighton?’ she said. ‘For two days?’ Her little face fell and I felt a stab of guilt, like an irresponsible parent l...
He said he loved us, but knew immediately he wasn’t up to the job (right, and I knew I was!?) so we’d be better off without him. That was two years ago, now he thinks he can just waltz back into our lives as easy as that. But we’ve coped this long so we can carry on coping. He’s got a lot of maki...
You see, I realize that you’re the only person I can tell the truth to (bit tragic, when you come to think of it, since you don’t actually exist), and the truth is not always that nice, I’m afraid. However, I’ve decided that this letter will be only lovely. It will be full of all the great things...
14: Swim naked in the sea at dawn It is the beginning of August and just getting light. Too early even for dog-walkers, or horse-riders, but time for the sun to be slowly rising, gold and shiny as a brand-new penny. The beach is ours, the only sound the car engine. I switch it off. Silence. If I ...