An old woman with estranged kids decides to pull a nasty prank on them to see who was worthy enough to inherit her wealth. Agatha Stones was dying, and she knew it. The 83-year-old was a woman who had given birth to four kids before her husband Rodney passed away. However, those kids had all become adults and moved away from home to start their own lives. It was something Agatha should have been proud of, but she felt the opposite way. This was because all of her kids had become mostly interested in material things alone at the expense…
Author: town gist
An elderly widow offers to pay for a poor man’s groceries, but things take an unexpected turn when she examines his face closely and realizes he resembles her late husband!It was a cold wintry morning in Sunnyvale, California when Dorothy Baker left her house for a trip to a nearby grocery store. Dorothy, who is 85 years old, had recently lost her husband, Edward. The man was an archeologist who was usually away from home for work, and on the day Dorothy found out he’d died, he’d said he’d be late from work. Little did the woman know he’d never…
A woman goes through a rude awakening in a cafe and decides to do something about it — the first thing to go was her husband, but did he deserve it?Debra Skye was a 52-year-old woman who was very much young at heart. At her age, she did not recognize herself as an old woman — not that she had a lot of time to dwell on the subject since she had to work three jobs. This was to support her family as she was the breadwinner.Her husband, Austin Skye, was a man who had slowly become a burden after…
When police officers detained a little boy in broad daylight one day, his loud cries echoed through the air, grabbing the attention of others in the vicinity. Shortly afterward, the cops were interrupted by a stranger’s voice. Some people like to do things by the book. Based on the situation and circumstances, others might have a somewhat different approach to handling matters. But whatever measures police officers resort to, they might still be considered harsh, rude, and dangerous. Some might even think that cops like resorting to strict policing techniques. However, there is always more than one side to any…
A poor mother went into panic mode when she entered her 8-year-old son’s bedroom at night and found out he had disappeared without a trace. “Mom! Mom!” Anthony cried as he took a seat at the dining table. “Can we go to the amusement park this weekend? Last week, Paul and his parents went there, and it was a lot of fun!””Oh, was it, honey?” Lydia, his mother, inquired as she placed two pancakes on his plate and a glass of milk on the table.”Yes, mom! And do you know….” Anthony had only begun to speak when his father, Jacob,…
An arrogant man constantly mocks his wife for being a terrible homemaker but later regrets his remarks when karma teaches him a lesson the hard way.When Shannon Miles welcomed her first daughter, Claire, she’d thought she could swiftly manage both work and household. Well, she wasn’t entirely wrong. She did manage to pull it off like a pro. However, things became more difficult for her when she gave birth to twins Lucas and Justin.Raising three children while working was exhausting, and because she wasn’t able to focus properly at home, she made terrible mistakes. Sometimes the breakfast was burnt, and…
Livinus Uwa, a 42-year-old businessman, has dragged his wife to court.The man dragged his wife before an Igando Customary Court in Lagos where he revealed that he married a thief. Uwa made this known when he testified in his divorce petition against his wife, Chineye, on Wednesday in Lagos.According to The Nation, he urged the court to dissolve his four-year-old marriage to Chineye because of her penchant for stealing his money in the wardrobe.“I married a thief, on severally occasions, my wife stole my money from my wardrobe, rendering me broke. She can steal anything. The last time she burgled…
Edith had wanted a honeymoon in Paris but her husband said NO! so she scrimped and saved for 40 years to make her dream come true.Edith Dalton had been dreaming about visiting France since she was a little girl. When she’d accepted Hank’s marriage proposal, she timidly mentioned that she’d love a honeymoon in Paris, but her brand-new fiancé had disappointed her.”France?” he’d sneered. “You think I’m gonna blow that kind of money on a honeymoon when I need a new car? Keep dreaming!”Edith had obediently kept dreaming, and now, after forty years of marriage, that dream was finally coming…
A 9-year-old girl steals her mother’s wedding gown and flees with it, intending to sell it to a stranger and stop the wedding. But she regrets her decision when her mother becomes ill and is taken to the hospital.Susan Peterson was just 16 when she got pregnant. She thought telling the good news to her boyfriend James would thrill him as she was, and they would raise their daughter together. To her dismay, quite the opposite happened. James abandoned her and walked away from her life, claiming he didn’t want to care for them. Susan, an orphan, was devastated when…
Photos of a man dragging a little girl by her hair throughout a Wal-Mart have gone viral.Erika Burch was shopping at a local Wal-Mart in Cleveland, Texas, when she saw a man dragging a little girl by her hair up and down the aisles, the Daily Mail reported.The man was the girl’s father. He was holding the little girl’s hair against the handle of a shopping cart. Burch said the girl kept asking him to stop. “I promise I won’t do it again! Please stop!” Burch heard the little girl cry out. Burch took photos of the man and told…