There was a time (not too long ago) when the only boxes a family holiday needed to tick were: yes, it has a pool  and yes, it has Wi-Fi....

Her body language provided an air of shame. Those words struck. Sucked the oxygen out of her, out of the room; words failed. Weak, she...

That line, a hook and a sinker. His words like a wrecking ball had come back at her like an old London Underground turnstile, smacked her...