Have you ever seen a child punished for a sin he didn’t commit? A child born into a world that never asked for him, never even wanted him? This is the story of Nosaa boy of just 12 years old. But even at that young age, he had already learned what it meant to be unwanted. His name was never said with love, only with shame and regret—not by strangers, but by the very two people who gave him life: his mother and his father. Nosa wasn’t a planned child. He wasn’t even a welcome one. He was the result…
Author: town gist
What would you do if someone knocked on your door, and when you opened it, you found yourself staring at your own face? Someone who looked exactly like you same face, same voice, same smile. But you had never seen her before in your life. This isn’t just a story. It’s a revelation buried for 30 years. Alice, a former teacher, had recently decided to restart her career after years of being a full-time mom to her two children, Precious and Daniel. Her husband, Henry, was a calm and successful business consultant who worked mostly from home. With the kids…
Doctor, how on Earth can you tell me that my 12-year-old daughter is pregnant? Daniela’s dad asked, frustrated. “Please, honey, let us take our daughter to another hospital because it is clear that this doctor doesn’t know what he is doing,” Daniela’s mom said. “Daddy and Mommy, there is no need to take me to another hospital. I believe I am pregnant because I have been sleeping with Victory, my brother, for over 2 years as a result of my mother’s carelessness and what the lesson teacher did to me and my brother 3 years ago. And I believe my…
Rosemary was 35 when life hit her hardest. After seven long years of marriage and countless failed attempts to have a child, her husband left without a word just a small note on the kitchen table. “I can’t do this anymore. I’m sorry.” And just like that, he was gone. No goodbye. No face-to-face conversation. Just silence where love used to be. She read the note over and over, hoping it would change. It didn’t. And neither did the loneliness that followed. Rosemary battled shame, heartbreak, and the crushing weight of dreams slipping through her fingers. She had wanted to…
A homeless man bursts into a university classroom and shouts that he knows how to solve the impossible equation on the board, prompting laughter from everyone. But when he solves it and reveals that everyone in that classroom is going to die, no one could have imagined the shocking thing that would happen next. Alicia, one of the most respected professors in the computer engineering department, had just written the last number on the whiteboard. On the board was a dense, complex equation—the kind that seemed like an unsolvable enigma. It was common for her to challenge her students with…
It turns out that the whir of the spinning rotors filled the open airfield, mixing with the midday wind like a distant thunderstorm. The yellow and black helicopter gleamed under the pale sun, parked neatly on the concrete near the private terminal of Havenwood Executive Strip. It was quiet—too quiet—except for the blades chopping steadily overhead. Marcus Thorne, a 42-year-old real estate tycoon and investor, adjusted his cuff links with practiced ease as he stepped toward the aircraft. His blue tailored suit hugged his shoulders like armor. This wasn’t just a business trip—it was an escape. For the past week,…
“Don’t get in the helicopter!” a little Black boy shouted to the millionaire. It turns out that the whir of the spinning rotors filled the open airfield, mixing with the midday wind like a distant thunderstorm. The yellow and black helicopter gleamed under the pale sun, parked neatly on the concrete near the private terminal of Havenwood Executive Strip. It was quiet—too quiet—except for the blades chopping steadily overhead. Marcus Thorne, a 42-year-old real estate tycoon and investor, adjusted his cuff links with practiced ease as he stepped toward the aircraft. His blue tailored suit hugged his shoulders like armor.…
Jallen sat silently on the leather chair, his little fingers trembling as he clutched the edge of the desk. Tears streamed down his cheeks, leaving glistening trails on his dark skin. He looked too small for the chair—too broken for his age. Victoria Langford, a 36-year-old self-made millionaire, leaned forward in disbelief. Her sapphire blue dress rippled as she knelt beside him, tissue in hand, her voice barely above a whisper. “What did you say, sweetheart?” The boy sniffled. His lip quivered. “He tried to hurt me,” he repeated, looking toward the frosted glass door, eyes wide with fear. Victoria…
The sun had barely risen when a dusty, barefoot boy ran down the dirt path clutching a crumpled photo in his tiny hands. His shirt, once navy blue, was now faded with grime, and his pants sagged under the weight of dust and desperation. His knees were scraped, his face streaked with tears, but his grip on the photograph never loosened. It was a picture of a boy, slightly older, smiling in a school uniform his brother. And he was gone. The boy had stopped the first officer he could find a tall white man in a dark blue uniform.…
The sun was sinking behind Detroit’s broken-down buildings, painting the sky a dull, rusty orange. Marcus sat on his front steps, a wrench in his hand, his work clothes still damp from the afternoon rain. At 23, he already felt twice as old. Life had chewed him up and spit him out. His mom died when he was a kid. His little sister got swallowed by foster care. His dad? Gone vanished into the streets like smoke. All Marcus had left was the grind: work, hunger, and the kind of tired that sleep couldn’t fix. He spent his days at…