Megan’s PICTURE by Elizabeth Dale

Annie lay back on her lounger by the blue swimming pool and smiled at Tom, her new husband, as he got up. ‘I couldn’t be happier!’ she told him, wishing with all her heart that it was true. She should be happy; she’d just married the man of her dreams, after all. They’d had the most beautiful wedding surrounded by family and friends and now they were having a week in the sun at a perfect hotel in Majorca. Her, Tom and his seven-year-old daughter, Megan.

‘Can you keep an eye on her while I go to the bar?’ he asked.

‘Of course!’ Annie smiled and her eyes wandered back to her stepdaughter who was just getting out of the paddling pool. Megan had seen her father go and started to run after him… then promptly tripped over. In an instant, Annie was on her feet.

SHE WISHED WITH ALL HER HEART THERE WAS A FOOLPROOF GUIDE TO BEING A STEPMOTHER