Dawn starts to realise that her parents do nothing but fight, then the worst happens:
THEY SAY
Mum says
she still loves me
Dad says
he still loves me
but they won’t be
loving me
together
it’s not my fault
they just don’t
want to live together
any more
I’ve listened to this
on a dozen
different
TV shows
anyone would think
they’d been to Hollywood
for a script.
I write crime fiction for adults and books for young readers. I read, mostly crime fiction, but also lots of other things. I work as a freelance editor and manuscript critiquer. If I review books, it's from the perspective of a writer.
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