Forever

On the surface, the lives of Maureen and husband Alan might have seemed perfect.

Indeed, they had often been described as the “golden couple“. But anyone who was really in the know would realise that the gold, the gold that seemed to enclose the couple, was only Fool’s Gold and the depth of that gold, whether real or foolish, was not even skin deep, but merely microns.

The marriage was apparently perfect. It was clear from the moment they met that they would be together forever. And five years on, so they were. But forever really is a long time…