After noticing that her student doesn’t eat his lunch and frequently dumpster dives for food, a teacher becomes suspicious of him and decides to follow him. What she discovers along the way changes her life.Sandra Elliot worked as a teacher at Summerville Charter School in Nashville, Tennessee. Academically, the woman was a Ph.D. scholar, but when she and her husband James were not blessed with children, she took up the job—much against what her academic qualification could have offered—so that she could be close to children.Sandra had a sweet and kind demeanor, so all of her students adored her as…
Author: town gist
An old millionaire leaves behind a gigantic $5.3 million mansion after his death, but there’s a twist: neither his wife nor his daughter inherits it.”Will you be able to come later today, William?” 89-year-old Samuel asked his lawyer, William Banks, on the phone.”Well, I can, Mr. Brown. But are you sure about the will? I’d advise you to think about it once more.””I’m as certain of it as I am of who will be the next heir to all of my property, William. I look forward to seeing you soon. Is it possible for you to take some time for…
A worried father becomes aware that his vulnerable 14-year-old daughter is receiving expensive gifts and meeting a strange man.Oliver Farrow was a caring and vigilant dad, but it still took him over a month to realize that something was going on with his daughter Carla. At fourteen, Carla was lovely, sweet, and bright, but she was still a teenager.Like all teenagers, she deeply resented what she saw as her parents’ attempts to ‘interfere’ in her life. So Oliver and his wife Gail tread a narrow path, allowing Carla relative freedom, but keeping an eye out for trouble — and then…
When her daughter-in-law, Eve, got pregnant, Madeleine didn’t trust her. She thought the baby didn’t belong to her son, Elliot. Eventually, Elliot fought with Eve and got into an accident driving drunk. Madeleine didn’t speak to Eve again, but a year later, she saw her grave next to her son’s and discovered the unbelievable truth.Madeleine Brady walked through Glenwood Cemetery, looking for her son’s grave. She knew exactly where it was but had only visited a couple of times since his death. It was still hard to believe that Elliot was gone. She shook her head at those thoughts because…
A woman recognizes the father who abandoned her as a young child in a homeless man she was photographing in the streets of New York.Shelley Collins was 10 when the father she adored vanished without a trace. One moment he was there, always laughing, and joking, teasing Shelley, kissing her mom, then he was gone.There was no goodbye note, no explanation. Shelley and her mother Dina had known he wasn’t the victim of some accident because his camera was gone, as was his favorite backpack, his passport, and half of the family’s savings. He had abandoned them. While Dina wept…
A millionaire tests his girlfriend by inviting her home to a very old dilapidated house and proposing she marry him.Andrew Hardy had spent his childhood in an unhappy home. His mother had married his father for his money, and once she’d given birth to Andrew, she’d considered her duty done.Andrew had seen his father’s sadness and knew that he truly loved a woman who cared nothing for him and lived only for luxury and status. Andrew was determined that he’d never marry a gold digger. His life was going to be very different.Andrew had gone to university in England and…
After a short breakup, Emily and Matthew rekindled their relationship and discovered they were pregnant. The couple got married, had the baby, and were happy until people started questioning why their child looked nothing like his father. Matthew demanded a test, and Emily had no other choice. But then, he revealed the shocking reason why he needed it.Emily’s hands shook as she held the envelope in her hands. It contained the DNA test results they had just taken for their son, Alexander. Tears gathered in her eyes, and she didn’t want to open it. Matthew was beside her, trying to…
A grieving wife is bidding her final farewell to her young dead husband with a kiss when he surprises her by blinking.Nola Swart was having a mother-daughter weekend with her daughter Kelly while her husband Fred and his best friend were up at their lake cabin fishing. The two were busy making cookies when her phone rang.Nola wiped flour off her hands before she picked up her cell phone. Caller ID told her it was Fred, but when she answered the phone it wasn’t his voice on the other side, and the words she heard destroyed her.”Nola?” She recognized James’…
An old cleaner who was getting bullied by kids at the school he worked at was rescued by an innocent boy, but there was more to the old man than they knew. January 11 was the first day Lucas set eyes on Kevin Davis. The man was the school’s new janitor — the old one had been dismissed after he lost his temper and smacked a student for pulling an outrageous prank on him. Janitors who were hired at the school, which was reserved for the nation’s elites, were often poor, which made them subject to the whims of the…
Bandits have released a female corps member who was kidnapped on the Abuja-Kaduna road, after her family met some conditions set for her release. It would be recalled that Faith Onoriode, a Biology/Microbiology graduate of the Delta state Polytechnic, Otefe, Oghara, was kidnapped alongside others on March 21, 2022, while on her way to orientation camp in Jigawa state. Her brother, Mr Festus Onoriode, who confirmed the development to Vanguard, said she was released on Sunday, May 29 and is currently undergoing medical attention. Speaking on details of the release, he said the kidnappers demanded for a motorbike, five Tecno…