A little boy lost track after running after an ice cream truck. He knocked on every door in an unfamiliar neighborhood, begging for help to go home, only to freak out when his carbon copy opened the door. Little Dale was walking with his grandma, Dorothy, on a crowded marketplace. He held her hand, tied just like she instructed him to when in crowded places. Dorothy assumed he was still holding her hand, but when she looked down, he wasn’t there. Her finger was brushing against the broccoli popping out of her bag. Dorothy panicked and recalled seeing an ice…
Author: Lisax
“Two divorces, what a failure,” Michael muttered to himself as he sipped on a bit of soda at home. His love life was nothing like he imagined as a young boy. He might be successful in business, mainly because he had already taken over his late grandfather’s restaurant franchises, but when it came to love, it was a complete disaster. At first, he got married at 19 to Sarah. Their engagement lasted only two months, and their marriage was only six months longer after he discovered that she only wanted money from him. After a couple of years of dating…
When Thomas, a wealthy restaurant owner, notices a young dishwasher frequenting the locker room, he suspects her of theft. He shames her in front of everyone and grabs her bag to check, only to regret it after seeing what’s inside. Thomas is a wealthy widower in his early 50s who considers himself smart and charming. He despises those who call him bald and potbelly man behind his back. Thomas thinks he can easily hit on any young and beautiful woman. He never grows tired of flirting, not that he is a full-time flirt, but he never misses a chance whenever…
A widowed mom learns that her son has been sneaking out of the house every night. One day, he returns with a bag full of cash, and the reason catches her off guard. One day, Mary woke up to the sound of a window creaking in her son’s room. She tried to enter, but his room was locked. Instead, she looked out the window and saw her 16-year-old son, Evan, walking on the sidewalk. Mary was disappointed, thinking Evan was sneaking out to meet up with friends. She had been having a hard time getting through to her teenager, and…
A woman believed the father of her child had passed away in a car crash, but 14 years later he knocked on her door to deliver a parcel. Sarah Grant was a week away from the happiest day of her life. She was about to marry the love of her life, even though her domineering mother Janet was dead set against it. Nevertheless, Sarah had stuck to her guns, and with her father’s support, she’d faced down her mother. For the first time in her life, when the phone rang, Sarah answered with a happy hello, but the voice on…
Jimmy was a cop, and his partner and best friend Joe had recently gone into a coma after an operation. Jimmy would take his partner’s daughter Alice to kindergarten daily. One day, on the way to kindergarten, Alice’s tears sparked an epiphany for both Jimmy and the little girl. Jimmy was a dedicated, kind-hearted police officer who adored children. Unfortunately, Jimmy was currently going through his fair share of rough times. He and his wife were undergoing a separation, which was difficult for Jimmy because it meant he didn’t get to see his son. His wife had decided to separate…
You would assume that the duties and encounters of a bus driver would be of the mundane variety, but bus driver Tim Watson had an experience that derailed his usual routine. When two unfamiliar passengers hopped on his bus, something didn’t feel quite right to him. He had a gut feeling that told him to pay attention to his surroundings as this would be a workday, and the two passengers would never forget. Northern California resident Tim Watson may have posed as your typical bus driver, but in the end, he proved to be much more heroic than what his…
Conor became homeless after being kicked out by his stepdaughter. After he returned a lost phone he found at the railway station where he sleeps, he learned that kindness pays off. Conor hadn’t always lived as a vagrant, sleeping at a local railway station. At some point, he had a job, family, and a place to call home. Conor used to live with his wife and his stepdaughter, and he loved them both dearly. He even rewrote his will to give his house to his daughter and wife. But he never imagined that his stepdaughter would kick him out of…
Harper was heartbroken when circumstances forced her to sell her late son’s boots he never got to wear. Her life changed when an old stranger came to see her the next day. “Mom, how long are we gonna stand here?” Harper’s youngest daughter, Emily, broke the silence in the graveyard. She and her older sisters, Chloe and Amy, had accompanied their mother to their little brother Jack’s grave. Jack lost his battle with pneumonia six months ago. It seemed all Harper knew was grief. First, she lost her husband Sean just months after Jack was born five years ago. Then…
A grieving mother is surprised to discover a message from a strange contact on her late son’s phone that reads “I am pregnant.” She dials the number to figure out what’s going on and discovers something shocking. After his father Derek’s death, Christopher Hunt was raised solely by his mother Courtney. Derek was a wealthy businessman, and Courtney inherited all of his riches after his death. So naturally, she and Christopher didn’t have to struggle for anything. The problems arose for Courtney only when Christopher declared that, unlike his father, he wanted to be a soldier. She wanted him to…