**The Leash of Fate** The first rays of morning sunlight, soft yet insistent, slipped through the thin
“Right, I just wanted to have a look!” “Team, Ive got two bits of news for you!”
**Happiness for Emily** Emily had been meaning to do this for a long timeadopt a child from an orphanage.
Alice had always dreamed of marrying well. Shed already had one failed attempt, leaving her with a twenty-year-old
**Diary Entry 12th May** *”You were never my friend,” said Margaret, tearing the letter in two.
“You lot are past it,” they told me when they let me go. But six months later, my old boss
HAPPINESS FOR NATALIE Natalie had been meaning to do this for a long timeadopt a child from an orphanage.
**The Blind Cat** Liam never had much luck growing up. Oh, hed had a family at firsthis dad, mum, nan
**Diary Entry 12th May** *”You were never my friend,” said Margaret, tearing the letter in two.
Oh, lass, its high time you wed. Just look at you, fair as a summers day. Take young Simon, for instancestrong