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The Reporter Who Knew Too Much - He Escaped The Prison… But Not The Past

By S A Spencer -
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  Image by AI A journalist returns home with secrets that refuse to stay buried Story: S A Spencer Author of Popular Fictions : The Pink Mutiny , The Black Waters , Dream In Shackles The storm rolled over Sydney Airport like a living thing, rattling the glass panels above the arrivals gate. Tiffany stood among the crowd, her fingers tightening around the photo of Jerry she’d carried for five years. The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, but her pulse drowned everything out. She kept her eyes fixed on the sliding doors, waiting for the man she’d loved since she was twenty‑one — the man she’d last seen boarding a flight to Sambora with a backpack and a grin. A news ticker flickered above her head: Foreign journalist released after five years in Sambora prison. Her stomach twisted. Released. Not rescued. Not cleared. Just… released. Ava tugged her hand. “Mum, is he here yet?” “Any minute now, sweetheart.” The doors slid open. A group of passengers spilled out, dragging suit...
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The House Where No One Screamed - A Brother’s Silence, A Sister’s Final Plea

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  Image by AI She waited for justice. She got silence. Story: S A Spencer Author of Popular Fictions : The Pink Mutiny , The Black Waters , Dream In Shackles The flames rose higher each time the wind shifted, bending sideways like they were trying to escape the weight of my sister’s body. The wood hissed, the ghee crackled, and the smoke curled into the evening sky in thick, grey spirals. I stood there, frozen, the heat burning my face while the cold inside my chest refused to melt. My mother sat beneath the old banyan tree, her saree soaked with tears and sweat, rocking back and forth like a child. She wasn’t screaming. She wasn’t fainting. She was crying the way guilty people cry — quietly, as if afraid someone might hear the truth in her sobs. Beside the pyre stood the neighbour, Rekha Aunty , the only person who had ever believed my sister. Her eyes were red, but her spine was straight. She held a steel plate of camphor, her fingers trembling. My wife, Asha , stood slight...
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The Quiet Father - What Happens When A Boy Enters A Home Built On Secrets

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  Image by AI Some homes fall apart quietly — one heart at a time. Story: S A Spencer Author of Popular Fictions : The Pink Mutiny , The Black Waters , Dream In Shackles Mason’s locker slammed shut before he could react. Three boys stood behind him, smirking like they’d been waiting all morning. “Oi, Mason,” one of them said, waving his phone. “Your mum’s… popular.” The screen flashed a blurry photo — taken through a window, from a distance. Nothing explicit, but unmistakably his mother , laughing with a man far younger than her, leaning close in a way that made Mason’s stomach twist. The hallway erupted in laughter. Mason’s face burned. He didn’t understand why strangers had photos of his mother. He didn’t understand why the neighbourhood kids knew more about her than he did. Even though his mother was not a celebrity. He didn’t understand why his new life felt like a trap. He walked away fast, heart pounding, wishing he could disappear. He didn’t know Evan was waiti...
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