‘The Threads That Bind’
Conversation between Ailsa and her mother…
10 min readDec 9, 2020
Chapter One…
“It’s really not my problem Ailsa.”
Helen sucked in her breath, and held it. Not usually so direct she could already feel the elevation of her heartbeat, and the constriction in her chest that routinely followed. Why was it that with her one daughter she always had to tread so carefully…