Mr. Lewis had spent fifteen years as a school principal, and if there was one thing he had learned, it was this: children carried burdens adults often overlooked. Some wore their struggles openly, while others hid them behind polite smiles and quiet obedience. Little Mia was one of the quiet ones. She was nine years old, small for her age, with dark braids always tied neatly with blue ribbons. She never caused trouble, never spoke out of turn. If anything, she blended into the background. That’s why it took Mr. Lewis longer than it should have to notice what she…
Author: World Wide
Anne was looking forward to a quiet night at home with her husband, Edward. They met in college, and at first, her father, Chris, didn’t approve. But that was his gut instinct. He didn’t trust anyone anymore, primarily after building Harrison Group and gaining wealth. But his mistrust started earlier, when Anne’s mother, Fiona, left them forever. Anne remembered that moment clearly. She was just five, and her parents fought all the time. One night, after yelling for a while, Fiona walked out. Back then, Chris worked three jobs to support his family and only founded his company years later.…
Family, in my opinion, is unbreakable. However, my sister Barbara entered my life after my mother died and caused me to reevaluate all I had assumed. And when the truth was eventually revealed? It was Barbara who was pleading for pardon. My older sister, Barbara, and I, Charlotte, are the two daughters my mother reared. Barbara was always the golden child, of course. All the attention was focused on her. Did Barbara want some roast chicken? As soon as she said those words, my mother had one cooking away. Did Barbara need someone to fetch her dry cleaning? My…
I thought that taking a trip with my sister would provide me a much-needed respite and allow me to come back to my modest family of three feeling rejuvenated. However, returning ended up being a nightmare! We left because my spouse of nine years deceived me and our daughter in a way that I couldn’t forgive. I never imagined that a brief two-day journey would be sufficient to disprove all of my marriage-related beliefs. Thinking that John and Lila would have a good weekend together made me happy—even a little smug—when I departed on Friday morning. However, I saw…
I fell in love with a pregnant woman and offered to help her raise the child, but she chose to ignore her obligations and enjoy herself instead. Years after she left me, she came back to do something unimaginable. Molly and I met at college. She never gave me any attention, even though she was the most gorgeous female I had ever seen. We became good friends, but Molly would frequently hang out with the most popular males, mainly those on the school’s football team. She was happy and an excellent learner. Even if my affections would never be reciprocated,…
Ryan’s dog bursts into the chapel and begins barking at the coffin while Ryan and his family are grieving the loss of Ryan’s father. When the dog becomes attentive, Ryan’s suspicions are aroused. When he opens the coffin and finds it empty, he becomes curious about his father’s true fate. Ryan sighed as he got out of his car outside the chapel and said, “Bella, stay.” He stopped to straighten his dark suit on the sidewalk. The experience that awaited him inside those white, wooden doors was more than his heart could handle. How can a son bid his dad…
When my neighbor, Mr. Johnson, blatantly constructed a garage on my property, my fresh start became a nightmare. I made the decision to take back my garden and give him a lesson he would never forget, with the aid of tenacious friends and a few sledgehammers. Cynthia is my name. I am a 42-year-old single mother of two kids. We moved into a new home with a beautiful garden a few months ago. It was meant to be a new beginning for us. I had no idea that trouble awaited me next door. On the first day, Mr. Johnson,…
We had always had faith in our son as parents. Brilliant and destined for greatness, he was the ideal youngster. Therefore, we never questioned his success when we sent him off to college with thousands of dollars for tuition. until we discovered that he had been deceiving us all along. Jason was our pride and joy from the day he was born. As a child, he was more than just “our son”; he was the neighborhood’s most admired son. He was incredibly good at everything he did. A perfect score? Simple. The basketball team’s captain? Naturally. What about his charm?…
I grinned and agreed when my daughter-in-law, Kayla, insisted that I make a “elegant” Thanksgiving feast because my typical items were “too cheap.” However, I was already preparing a dinner she would never forget behind that smile. A dinner she would regret asking for. Kayla has always had a way of making me feel uncomfortable. She is the ideal wife in the eyes of my son Arnold, but I have put up with years of her patronizing comments and demanding behavior. She ultimately pushed me too far this Thanksgiving, though, and I felt it was time to correct her without…
