Linda was just a young girl when her world turned upside down. Her older sister, Amanda, the one person she thought would always be there for her, abandoned her in a group home. Years passed, and Linda did her best to move on. But fate had a strange way of repeating itself—because now, she was […]
One maid never lived in the residence. Behind the Richards mansion’s black iron gates and beautiful gardens lay a battlefield. At its core was Madame Rose Richards—young, gorgeous, and vicious. Nine maids left in six months, some crying and one jumping over the back fence barefoot. Naomi Okafor, a quiet woman in her early 30s […]
The relationship between Rachel and Kim Saunders, who are identical twins who are 34 years old and hail from Virginia, has always been one that extends far beyond that of sisters. As they grew up side by side, they shared all of the significant moments of childhood together. Birthdays were celebrated with cakes that matched, […]
I always thought betrayal came from strangers, not from the people who were supposed to love you the most. But I learned differently when I discovered that my own mother and stepfather had stolen from me, the one thing my late father had left behind to ensure my future. It started when I was nineteen. […]
I fulfilled my craziest vow to my grandmother: to dig up her favorite rosebush a year after we buried her. Hi, I’m Bonnie, 26. My hometown is northern Michigan. Porches, woodstoves, and winters stressed family dependence. My mother, Mary, is a school nurse. My grandmother Liz quietly held us together. She reeked of Ivory soap […]
Olga was slowly stirring the buckwheat on the stove when the front door slammed so hard the glass in the display cabinets rattled. The September morning had only just begun, but her husband had already dashed off somewhere and come back in a near-frenzy. “Wife, have you lost it? Why doesn’t your card work?! I […]
Quinn thinks she’s defending her immaculate image by kicking her grandmother out of her expensive wedding over a bizarre present. But loss reveals painful truths, and what she finds in a ragged bag of walnuts will break her in ways she never expected. Grandma Rose’s place was where I grew up more than mine. Laurie […]