Reading Dairy

Chapter 1: The Call in the Dark The rain was coming down in sheets, beating against the windshield of my cruiser like handfuls of gravel. I was two hours away …

I told my son to stay calm and wait twenty minutes. I didn’t call a lawyer—I went straight to the station myself. The moment the sergeant saw me, the room went silent. Read More

Chapter 1: The Call in the Dark The rain was coming down in sheets, beating against the windshield of my cruiser like handfuls of gravel. I was two hours away …

My son called me from the police station asking for help. His stepdad had told officers a completely different story. Then I arrived and everything changed. Read More

Chapter 1: The Call in the Dark The rain was coming down in sheets, beating against the windshield of my cruiser like handfuls of gravel. I was two hours away …

My son called from the police station saying his stepdad had crossed a serious line. He thought no one there believed him. Twenty minutes later, I walked through the door. Read More

My father lowered his voice and told me the locked door had been about something else entirely. I stopped breathing for a second. Across the hospital room, my husband was …

Christmas changed when my parents refused to welcome my daughters. I demanded to know what was really going on. Dad’s confession changed everything. Read More

My father lowered his voice and told me the locked door had been about something else entirely. I stopped breathing for a second. Across the hospital room, my husband was …

My daughters expected a warm Christmas with their grandparents. Instead, my parents sent them away. Then my father revealed the reason. Read More

My father lowered his voice and told me the locked door had been about something else entirely. I stopped breathing for a second. Across the hospital room, my husband was …

My parents turned my daughters away on Christmas. I couldn’t understand why they would do something so hurtful. Then Dad finally confessed the truth. Read More

My husband laughed during our divorce hearing and called me his “pack mule” in front of the judge. He had no idea I had spent the previous eighteen months quietly …

In front of the judge, my husband tried to reduce 20 years of my life to an insult. I stayed quiet and let him keep talking. What happened next changed everything. Read More

My husband laughed during our divorce hearing and called me his “pack mule” in front of the judge. He had no idea I had spent the previous eighteen months quietly …

My husband smirked in court and dismissed everything I had done for our family. After 20 years together, I finally saw what he really thought of me. But the judge wasn’t finished. Read More

My husband laughed during our divorce hearing and called me his “pack mule” in front of the judge. He had no idea I had spent the previous eighteen months quietly …

During our divorce hearing, my husband mocked the role I had played for 20 years. He thought his words would humiliate me. Then the hearing took an unexpected turn. Read More

I saw my neighbor’s wife having dinner with another man. Very intimate. Holding hands. Laughing. My neighbor, Mark, was a good guy, and I was furious on his behalf. He …

I was certain I had uncovered my neighbor’s wife’s secret. Then she told me the man was her husband’s supposedly lost twin. That’s when the real mystery began. Read More