The Couple Across the Street

by Anita Waller

Sara was due to marry Greg two weeks after and partly because Grace, along with Megan King, her partner, had booked a holiday and were due to fly to the States three days after her sister’s wedding.

Grace grew stronger, more focused on helping her mother cope with the day-to-day problems, and Sara slowly withdrew into herself.

Possibly it was time to stop thinking I am muddled, and start thinking I am changing, I am growing into myself.

work as a solicitor

She tried to picture John using them but couldn’t.

‘That’s a silly question, Grace. You know I do. But at some point we have to live again. He’s never coming back; he’ll live on in my heart and I’ll carry on thinking about him every day of my life. And in here, his special room, he’ll always be with me.’ Lies.

Jed had never realised the name Jed came from an amalgamation of the J in Josiah and the Ed in Edward. If he ever realised that, he would then start to wonder where his very plain name of John came from…

And he could hazard a guess at her code to unlock it – 251299.

but the company had given her a £250 bonus. Staines Solicitors had obviously felt she was worth it. Had they known she wouldn’t be returning to them? He suspected not.

The clothes Megan had worn for her run the day before were in the bottom, and had splashes of paint on them: red, green, orange and a light purple.

somebody whacks him over the head with a blunt instrument that we haven’t been able to find.

‘Bren, I laugh at you, not with you, and that can be even better.’ He digested her words, and then said, ‘Sarky cow.’