When my stepmother kept me inside to prevent me from getting to the altar, she believed she had everything worked out. Her ideal day was completely ruined by a single, little detail that she failed to notice. Hold on tight. I still can’t believe this. I am thirty years old. My father is sixty-one. He also informed me that he was getting married again around three months ago. He said, “To Dana!” with the enthusiasm of a teenager. A simple wedding is what we’re planning. Only family and close pals. Dana. Fifty-something. wears high heels as if they were cemented…
Author: World Wide
Mia is forced to follow instructions when her stepmother, Trudy, throws a lavish celebration for her 45th birthday, even if it means acting as a covert assistant throughout the celebration. Fortunately for Mia, however, karma appears to be on her side and prepared to discipline Trudy. This is one of those stories when the cosmos intervenes and gives you a cosmic smackdown when you least expect it, so grab some popcorn, people. Allow me to present the main characters in the narrative: My name is Mia. I’m sixteen years old and living with my dad and my stepmother, Trudy,…
Before telling my husband, I had been dreaming of this baby for years. He wondered if it was too late to reverse the decision. His mother gave me her own condition for remaining in the family a few days later. The majority of my friends were already mothers. And I was hopping from clinic to clinic. All sorts of things were uttered by the doctors. “Perhaps, but perhaps not.” Those “maybes” were where I lived. I was scared to have too big of a dream. I didn’t even talk to myself about it. For years, Aiden, my husband, and…
After years of being alone, my mother finally found the proper man, and I assumed he would love her. However, when they got married, I unintentionally noticed how poorly he treated her and made the decision to give him a lesson he would never forget! I was in high school when my father died. Cancer. It was quick and vicious, the sort of thing that left you gasping for air long after the funeral was over. Despite her struggles with loneliness, my mom managed to keep it together for me. I believed she had found happiness again when she met…
I knew something was wrong when I spotted my brother driving around in a bright red convertible. Gran had a plan in place long before she left, and I had no idea the automobile would hold the key to a betrayal I never saw coming. Juniper is my name. I’ve been living out of state for four years, and I’m currently 26. To be honest, leaving my family and all the pain that accompanied it was the best choice I have ever made. I never really felt like I belonged to them. My parents had always given preference to…
Tom, 17, must decide between keeping quiet and speaking the truth after the one person who should keep the family together ruins his prom night. However, what starts off as silent heartbreak becomes into something else. a moment that might potentially alter everything, a reckoning, and a discovery. It’s said that memory is elusive. that it evolves with time. However, I can recall every single detail of that day. It’s not the suit. Not even because of prom. However, it was the day when my father finally turned to face me and realized what I had been saying all along.…
We assumed Beau, our golden retriever, was being possessive when he continued to bark at the nanny. Perhaps envious. We even discussed finding him a new home. But I witnessed something that made my stomach turn the night I watched the security tape. Beau wasn’t acting badly. He was cautioning us. Before, I had a fairly good life. However, following the birth of my daughter Zoey, it seemed as though the universe suddenly opened up and let in a brightness that I was unaware I had been missing. I had believed that I would be one of those men who…
Lisa hesitantly accepts her husband’s suggestion to “reignite their relationship” by separating for a month until a neighbor’s desperate call exposes a shocking treachery. When Lisa rushes home, she finds that a woman has settled in rather nicely. Lisa is resolved to take back her life as a result of this betrayal. I felt Derek’s suggestion that we live apart for a month in order to “reignite our relationship” was just another of those trendy things couples do when they’re having problems but don’t want to acknowledge it. He presented it as a brilliant idea, saying it would strengthen our…
I assumed there was a plumbing problem when my mother-in-law unexpectedly moved into our house. She had another mission, it turned out. Furthermore, her strategies were more ruthless than I could have ever guessed. After a long, tiring day, I was desperate for some solitude when I got home that evening. However, I saw there was a problem as soon as I opened the door. Everywhere you looked were boxes. A beat skipped in my chest. After carefully stepping over a stack of shoes and dropping my suitcase by the door, I followed the debris trail down the hall. I…
