As he walked up to his regular bus stop on his commute to work, Will was struck by how busy it was that Tuesday morning. There were commuters, school children and mothers with pushchairs huddled together trying to stay out of the rain. He stood near enough the bus stop…
Every week, Hazel did the food shopping on a Wednesday evening and every week, the food shopping was rather unremarkable. This week, the regular shopping schedule was thrown out of sync. Like buses, social events were often either rare, or all came together. That week the trip got moved…
Mr Sniffles was dozing off on the pile of laundry in the sunshine when Lucy picked him up and took him into the living room with her. She put him on the sofa and then climbed up onto it herself. Mr Sniffles stretched his back and his legs, before he…
Lisa was still going on in an almost uncontrollable manner about how she found out all the things she knew about Peter’s life. Peter was trying to think carefully about how on earth he was going to get himself out of this mess, but at the same time he made sure to tune in…
“Your wife, Diane has got rather thick around the waist over the past few years hasn’t she, Peter?” Lisa continued, as if she were drunk. “She used to be alright-looking though, back in the day. A bit plain, if you ask me, but not unattractive. But over the past few…
“Lisa, that sounds great. It really does. But I’m sorry, I can’t. I need to get to my wife and to my son,” Peter said looking down at his hands. To begin with, Lisa didn’t know what to say. “You are beautiful and any man would be lucky to be…
So he decided to be honest. “Yes, I am married,” he said, his defeat nearly sounding through his tone. “And we have one son,” he added, looking out for Lisa’s reaction. Lisa didn’t flinch, as if she already knew. “Ah that’s great! How old is he?” she asked excitedly. The…
After buying the drinks, Peter carried them over to the corner sofas that Lisa had settled in. On his way over, he looked at her, wondering how he could have missed her back at university. How did this gem slip the net? He placed the drinks on the table and…
Peter was not sure how to react to the news that he had just received. He was sitting in his car in the car park at the office, clutching his mobile phone. He looked out at the building that might as well have been a prison and let out a…
Part 2: Liz’s heart was beating so hard and fast that she could nearly hear it herself as Luke turned the door handle and stepped inside. “You staying out there?” he said as he put his bag down and popped his keys into the bowl on the table by the…