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**Smoke Above the Chimney** “Is anyone home?” Albert hunched his shoulders slightly as he

**Diary Entry** I stumbled back from work close to midnight, utterly shatteredhungry, furious, and drained.

“You’re just the help,” sneered my mother-in-law, unaware that I owned the very restaurant

“I gave your diamonds to Mum! They suit her better!”my husband secretly gifted my inheritance

At the graveside, a wealthy woman heard a homeless man ask, “Did you know my mum too?”

Theyd kept their newly bought countryside cottage a secret from the relatives. Everything had to be sorted

My daughter-in-law asked me to visit less often, so I kept my distanceuntil one day, she called, needing my help.

“You’re not family,” said the mother-in-law, sliding the roast beef back into the serving dish.

Grandma, Mum said we have to put you in a care home. I heard my parents talkinga child wouldnt make up

**When the Time Comes…** The early nineties. I lived and worked in Belgiuma quiet, measured life