

Teresa Swift erased Jeffrey Rivers's memories after they spent a night together. Then, she returned to Cartale Mountain and gave birth to her daughter Carol Swift. Six years later, Carol went down the mountain to find Teresa a husband. Upon running into Jeffrey, Carol started to call him dad. To Jeffrey's surprise, both this girl and her mom made him feel like he knew them once before.

When my parents divorced, their lawyers drafted a custody agreement. My sister and I would live with separate parents, then switch homes at the start of every school year. The handoff happened every August at La Serata, the Moretti family's restaurant. Every year, my parents fought over who got more time with Sofia. "Come to St. Barts with me for Thanksgiving," Mom coaxed. Dad's face hardened. "Sofia is with me this year. She spends the holidays with me." Mom pulled up her calendar. "You dumped her on me for nineteen extra days last year. I get those days back. Every single one." "Two of those days were school overnights. They don't count." Sofia rested her chin on one hand and gave them the helpless smile of a princess burdened by too much devotion. "If only there were two of me." Half an hour later, my parents compromised by booking the trip together. Only then did Sofia glance my way. "What about Emilia?" Dad picked up his water and looked past me. "She's not my responsibility this year." Mom finally met my eyes. "The hotel group closes an acquisition next month. I don't have time for this. St. Gabriel still has rooms in the senior dorm. You'll board there." They had just counted every hour Sofia had spent away from them. When it came to me, they could hand off an entire year without blinking. Under the table, I smoothed the napkin I had crushed in my fist. My phone lit up. [Ms. Harper: Your record puts several top East Coast schools within reach. Westbridge Institute's research scholarship would also be a great fit. Which one is your first choice?] I looked at California on the other side of the map and typed my answer. [Westbridge.] Three thousand miles ought to be far enough to leave my family for good.

Isabelle, the CEO of New York City’s Weston Group, wants to bring her elderly father, Jerry, from her hometown to the city so she can take care of him. Jerry hence sets out for the Big Apple, but neither father nor daughter expected that this journey would become a nightmare. No one knows that Jerry is Isabelle's father, and instead assume from his plain clothes that he’s a beggar or a pervert. Jerry suffers bullying and abuse by Weston Group’s employees and partners, until Isabelle finally arrives......

At twenty-four, Cary West is forced to marry a stranger in a remote village to replace her sister, Katy, who is favored by their father. To her shock, her husband, Simon Zimmer, turns out to be the richest man in Oceana, and her mother-in-law, Muse Keller, showers her with care. However, Katy and her husband, Howard Gibson, continue to bully Cary and her family.

At twenty-four, Cary West is forced to marry a stranger in a remote village to replace her sister, Katy, who is favored by their father. To her shock, her husband, Simon Zimmer, turns out to be the richest man in Oceana, and her mother-in-law, Muse Keller, showers her with care. However, Katy and her husband, Howard Gibson, continue to bully Cary and her family.

When the truth was revealed that Charice was not the biological daughter of the Larson family, James Larson found her biological parents and insisted on sending her back to avoid spending money raising her. The Larsons mistakenly thought that Charice’s biological parents were from the countryside and hinted to her not to ever come back, for fear that she would return asking for money in the future.

To repay her biological parents, Sara Cole leaves her foster family—the wealthiest in Xonos—to reunite with the Rowes, only to face neglect, bias, and even a false three-year sentence. But her struggles don't end there. Upon release, she is forcibly taken away. Even when she returns to the Coles, they still expect her to beg for acceptance.

To repay her biological parents, Sara Cole leaves her foster family—the wealthiest in Xonos—to reunite with the Rowes, only to face neglect, bias, and even a false three-year sentence. But her struggles don't end there. Upon release, she is forcibly taken away. Even when she returns to the Coles, they still expect her to beg for acceptance.

Josh Dugan and Vivian Zahn’s seven-year marriage is threatened by a dangerous stalker, Mark Loeb, whose obsessive advances ultimately lead to the deaths of Josh’s parents. Vivian vows never to betray Josh again. However, when Josh later sees Vivian secretly stuffing a scarf that Mark gave her into her pocket, his last shred of hope is shattered. With the help of his old flame, Gwen Larson, he decides to walk away from Vivian for good.

From a young age,Greta was abandoned and forced to survive on her own. In her quest to claim her adoptive father's unpaid wages, she encountered ridicule and Mistreatment at the hands of the Walker family. Unbeknownst to the Walkers, they had been tirelessly searching for a family named Clara, not realizing that Greta, the very individual they had been disparaging, was Clara all along..