“I so want to believe him, for this to be true, for what we did to have had no consequences. But there are no actions without consequences, are there? Even without the drink spiking, the way we treated Maria would… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“He holds his hands up. ‘OK, OK. I was only asking. I do still care about you, you know. I know things haven’t worked out the way we planned.’ I raise my eyebrows at this, the understatement of the year, but he ignores me and carries on: ‘But I’ll always care about you, whether you want me to or not.’… — Laura Marshall Copy Share
“It’s been a fairly unremarkable day up until now. Henry is at Sam’s tonight, so I’ve put in a long day working on some… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“He had really hurt me and he knew it. He was standing just where he is now; penitent, begging me to forgive him. Of… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“Turn down enough invitations and eventually even the most determined will stop asking. It would take a Herculean effort now to weave myself back… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to quantify. Leaving her out of stuff, not telling her about things until it’s too late for her to go, undermining her… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“I don’t think it’s my imagination that Sophie pales and her eyes widen for a millisecond, before she slips her mask smoothly back into… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“Odd, how you spend five years going to the same place every day, and then it’s over, you never go there again.” — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“I’m amazed by the extent to which some people live out their lives on here.” — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“I am transported back through the years; how quickly that familiar rush of shame washes over me: shame at being left out, being left… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“I click on the list of attendees, furiously scanning for his name. Yes, there it is. There he is, eyes crinkling away at me… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
“I so want to believe him, for this to be true, for what we did to have had no consequences. But there are no… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
