What do you do when love suddenly comes with conditions? When the baby you carried inside your own body for nine long months — a baby you birthed as a surrogate — is rejected as “unwanted”? That’s exactly what happened to Abigail. She carried her sister’s child, only to hear the most heartbreaking words when […]
When Lisa’s husband, Derek, suggested a “month-long separation” to reignite their relationship, she thought it was one of those modern relationship experiments people tried when they didn’t want to admit things were falling apart. Derek made it sound like a magical plan. “You’ll see,” he said one morning, grinning over his coffee. “It’ll be like […]
It was an ordinary afternoon back home from school when Owen Burns heard his sister screaming. He was annoyed at the intrusion her screaming brought, thinking nothing sinister of her squeals for help. But when he looked out his window, he was shocked but recovered quickly enough to make a life-saving decision. Owen Burns was […]
The midday sun glared against the towering wrought-iron gates of the Cole estate, each black bar gleaming as if freshly polished. Beyond them, the mansion stretched in grand symmetry—a neo-classical marvel of marble columns, crystal windows, and cascading fountains. The driveway, paved with luminous white stone, was lined with rose bushes heavy with fragrant blooms. […]
When Lisa’s husband, Derek, suggested a “month-long separation” to reignite their relationship, she thought it was one of those modern relationship experiments people tried when they didn’t want to admit things were falling apart. Derek made it sound like a magical plan. “You’ll see,” he said one morning, grinning over his coffee. “It’ll be like […]