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…
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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…
A viral video which make rounds on the internet months ago seems to show, Miami-area woman Colleen Dagg taking on an allegedly racist woman, Summer CorttsThe fight took place in the lobby of a Florida hotel. The clip begins midway through Dagg’s altercation with a woman in a teal dress Commentary online stated that Cortts was saying offensive remarks to a black Haitian security guard at which point Dagg told her to be quiet. Dagg then took of her shoes in the building’s lobby while Cortts taunted herDagg has been complimented for taking a stand against the racist comments. A…
A brave woman has shocked the world after she fearlessly stopped a car thief from driving off with her car.In another attempted carjacking, a woman stopped the criminals in their tracks by jumping on the hood of her car. In the video, one can see the woman filling her vehicle at a fuel station. Moments later, a black car pulls up with one man jumping out and sneakily jumping in the driver’s seat of the woman’s car.When the woman realised the man was about to drive off with her car, she jumped on top of her car and grabbed the…
Video of a young girl dancing at a filling station goes viral on social media, and viewers are stunned at her moves. While people applaud the young lady, lots of persons attention drifted the petrol attendants who seem to lose focus due to her dance. The first attendant who was filling the ladies car didn’t look at what he was doing, and many assumed he must have over-filled the car without collecting a dime.Meanwhile, the other man spun, acting overjoyed at her jaw dropping dance. Watch the video below :
Officer Stanley Newman warned Martha that if she didn’t take care of her children, she’d lose her parental rights, and he’d have to take them away. The woman pleaded with him not to do so, but officer Newman had no choice.Martha had nowhere to go after her in-laws kicked her out of their house. Her husband had died tragically in a car accident, and her mother-in-law was pretty convinced that her daughter-in-law was a bad omen in her son’s life which is why it happened.Martha, an orphan and now a widow with three children and no money or shelter, wandered…