“Watching her mother’s decline had been slow and painful: the worst thing she had ever had to witness.” — Victoria Jenkins Mother Copy Share Image
“itself obvious that evening. Rachel knew what was going on between him and Sarah.” — Victoria Jenkins Knew Copy Share Image
“Don’t let anyone or anything keep you from doing what’s best for you.” — Victoria Jenkins Best Copy Share Image
“The church in Monmouthshire was small, set back from sight of the main road behind a gathering of tall oak trees. There… — Victoria Jenkins Church Copy Share Image
“The world kept spinning, clocks kept ticking: time didn’t stop for anyone’s tragedy. Tomorrow the world would carry on as though Keira… — Victoria Jenkins Time Copy Share Image
“No one could possibly understand what it meant to watch a person alter so drastically in front of them, to see them… — Victoria Jenkins Drastically Change Copy Share Image
“As with every other time, she wished they could go back and undo the things they’d said years earlier; try and do… — Victoria Jenkins Time Copy Share Image
“suppose the point I’m trying to make is that you can’t let other people dictate your life. You’ve got to do what’s… — Victoria Jenkins Dictate Copy Share Image
“If you spoke something aloud, it made it real. Ignore it for long enough and it might go away. Only it never… — Victoria Jenkins Aloud Copy Share Image
“There was no wake to attend. No warm beer and barely filled sandwiches with curled-up corners. Death didn’t seem something to be… — Victoria Jenkins Death Copy Share Image
“Losing a parent was difficult; when her father had died, she had thought she’d never get over it. The pain had been… — Victoria Jenkins Losing a parent Copy Share Image
“no amount of time was enough to absorb the shock of such a loss. People just found – somehow – a way… — Victoria Jenkins Loss Copy Share Image
“People just found – somehow – a way to adapt; their bodies continued to function, yet their minds would never exist in… — Victoria Jenkins Life Copy Share Image
“The cruelty of time, thought Alex. The world kept spinning, clocks kept ticking: time didn’t stop for anyone’s tragedy.” — Victoria Jenkins Cruelty Copy Share Image
“She had needed her brother to share the weight of everything she had been unable to bear by herself.” — Victoria Jenkins Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“Life was precious, though Alex realised she hadn’t always known it.” — Victoria Jenkins Life Copy Share Image
“No one could know how difficult this was, not unless they had lived through the same thing.” — Victoria Jenkins Difficult Copy Share Image
“Connor didn’t really know what he wanted. Except the one thing. The need for that never seemed to leave him.” — Victoria Jenkins Mind Copy Share Image
“Life had taught her that even those closest couldn’t be relied upon – that everyone had a second face and some chose… — Victoria Jenkins Life Copy Share Image
“I cannot say and I will not say that she is dead,’ she read. ‘She is just away. With a cheery smile… — Victoria Jenkins Heart Copy Share Image
“Alex rolled her eyes. ‘When’s it not? Have you seen my office recently? There’s a backlog of paperwork a foot high on… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share Image
“She slipped a finger beneath the page and turned to the next, offering sad smiles to the faces looking back at her.… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Then his expression changed, the soft edges gone, never truly there. And there it was, Chloe thought. There was the lie. You… — Victoria Jenkins Bad thing Copy Share Image
