Vanessa was always picked on at school because of the way she looked. She never had any friends. But at least she had her sister who'd always looked out for her. Now she wanted to repay that loyalty.

This SHORT STORY was first published in Words Worth Reading: Issue Four.

Diane Wordsworth was born and bred in Solihull in the West Midlands when it was still Warwickshire. She started to write for magazines in 1985 and became a full-time freelance photojournalist in 1996. In 1998 she became sub-editor for several education trade magazines and started to edit classroom resources, textbooks and non-fiction books.

In 2004 Diane moved from the Midlands to South Yorkshire where she edited an in-house magazine for an international steel company for six years. She still edits and writes on a freelance basis.