The girl who sold me pizza left her number in the box.
I smiled when I saw the message beside it:
“Call me. Let's have fun.”
I usually bought pizza from her whenever I was coming home from work.
That evening, something felt different.
We looked at each other for a few seconds.
Me: “Are you okay?”
Her: “I'm fine.”
Me: “You don't look fine.”
She smiled.
Her: “Maybe I'm just tired.”
I paid for the pizza and was about to leave.
Her: “See you tomorrow?”
Me: “Of course.”
She smiled again.
I got into my car and opened the box.
That's when I saw the number.
I immediately saved it and sent her a message when I got home.
Me: “So… what's this?”
Her: “You finally noticed.”
We started talking.
And somehow, that conversation lasted until almost morning.
He murdered his Wife just to be with the Mistress he was cheating with.
A song he wrote and sang for the mistress was used as evidence in court😂😭😭
The embarrassment 😭
My grandfather is furious with my aunt.
Six years ago, he sent his daughter to the University of Houston to study Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
She was 24 when she left.
At 30, she came back with a degree, new ideas, a completely different personality, and a life my grandfather barely recognized.
He was happy his daughter was finally home.
Until he started noticing the changes…..
HE DISAPPEARED FOR THREE DAYS
I had a roommate named Marcus for about a year.
We weren’t really friends. A friend of ours knew both of us, and we were both looking for somewhere affordable, so we ended up sharing a place.
Marcus was pretty ordinary.
He worked night shifts at a warehouse, came home, played games for a few hours and went to bed. We weren’t the type of roommates who hung out all the time, but we got along fine.
There was just one thing about him that I always thought was a little strange.
Every now and then, he’d leave the apartment really late.
Two in the morning. Sometimes closer to three.
I never bothered asking where he was going. I assumed he was getting food or meeting somebody.
Then one Friday night, I came home and noticed his car wasn’t there.
Didn’t think anything of it.
Saturday came and he still hadn’t returned.
By Sunday afternoon, I finally texted him.
No answer.
I called him that night.
Straight to voicemail.
That’s when I started feeling uneasy.
His stuff was still in the apartment. His computer was on his desk. His clothes were in the closet. His work ID was even sitting beside the kettle in the kitchen.
It didn’t look like someone who planned on being gone for days.
Monday morning, I decided I was going to find a way to contact his family.
I didn’t have any of their numbers, so I messaged the friend who had originally introduced us.
I was literally typing the message when I heard someone unlocking the front door.
Marcus walked in.
I just stared at him.
He looked completely fine.
I asked him where he’d been because I’d been worried sick.
He looked at me like I was the one being weird.
“What are you talking about?”
I told him he’d been gone since Friday.
He laughed.
He said he’d only been out for a few hours.
I pulled out my phone and showed him the date.
He stopped laughing.
He took out his own phone and started going through it.
There were missed calls everywhere.
Texts from me.
Messages from his boss.
A couple of people asking if he was okay.
He just kept scrolling.
Then he said something I’ll never forget.
“I don’t remember Saturday.”
He said the last thing he could remember was leaving Friday night.
He’d gotten into his car and driven to a gas station.
After that, nothing.
I asked him where he thought he’d been.
He said he had no idea.
Then I noticed his car.
The whole lower half was covered in dried mud.
The tires were caked with it.
There was mud underneath the doors and all around the wheel wells.
The weird thing was, it hadn’t rained.
Not Friday.
Not Saturday.
Not Sunday.
And we lived in a pretty built up part of town. There wasn’t even anywhere nearby that looked like the kind of place he’d have been driving through.
I asked him about the mud.
He looked at it for a while and just said,
“I don’t remember that either.”
He washed the car later that day.
The next morning, he went back to work.
Just like normal.
I brought it up a few more times after that, mostly because I couldn’t let it go.
Every time, he’d give me the same answer.
“I honestly don’t know.”
A few months later, we moved out and eventually lost touch.
I’ve never found out where he went.
Three whole days.
No phone calls.
No explanation.
No memory.
And somehow he came back with a car covered in mud from somewhere neither of us could explain.
I still think about that sometimes.
Mostly because Marcus never seemed scared about it.
I was.
Zendaya talks about not having a good upbringing and good parents
How old do you think she was here?
A throwback interview with Zendaya where she opens up about the person she is away from the spotlight She talks about growing up with supportive parents and living a simple grounded life while admitting she has always been more of a homebody who prefers sleeping eating ice cream watching reruns and spending quiet nights with friends rather than going out or getting into typical teenage adventures It is a rare glimpse into the calm relatable side of her life beyond the fame .
The kid behind me in the lunch line put his tray back.
Again. Third day in a row I'd seen him do it. He'd load up food. Get to the register. Check his account balance on the pin pad. Then quietly put everything back except a milk.
Buy just the milk. Sit alone at a table in the corner. Drink it slowly. Make it last the whole lunch period.
Thursday I watched him do it again. This time I followed him to the register. Stood behind him. He checked his balance. Negative eight dollars. Started to
My wife told me she wanted a divorce because she had found someone better.
We had been married for four years when she suddenly became obsessed with a different lifestyle.
She started attending expensive parties and celebrity events.
Me: “What exactly are you looking for?”
Her: “I'm trying to level up. I want to look better, meet important people and enjoy life.”
Then she started changing everything.
She said she didn't want children yet because she wanted to maintain her figure.
She bought expensive clothes, changed her friends and started coming home late.
Me: “We're married. Don't you think we're supposed to be building something together?”
Her: “You're too comfortable. I don't want an ordinary life.”
One night, she came home and dropped several shopping bags on the floor.
Me: “How much did all that cost?”
Her: “Why do you care?”
Me: “Because we're married.”
She laughed.
Her: “That's exactly your problem. You think marriage means I have to live like you.”
I didn't know it then, but she had already met someone who could give her the lifestyle she wanted.
A billionaire she met at a club.
She was raped by her uncle at the age of 7, and according to her story, the abuse continued until she was 11. She is grown now and finally telling her story, but one of the hardest parts for her is feeling that her mother knew something was wrong and still allowed it to continue.
And this is where we need to have a very uncomfortable conversation about motherhood.
A mother should know her children closely enough that when something changes, when they become withdrawn, fearful, uncomfortable around someone, or repeatedly try to communicate that something is wrong, she pays attention.
Women, please get close to your children. Talk to them. Listen to them without immediately dismissing what they say. Create a relationship where your child knows they can tell you anything, especially the things they are afraid or ashamed to say.
Because a child may not always be able to say, “Mummy, someone is sexually abusing me.” Sometimes they are giving you signs and hoping you notice.
And when a child finally finds the courage to speak, believe them. Investigate. Protect them.
No child should have to grow into an adult carrying the pain of something they tried to tell their mother about years ago.