The Mom Who Stayed

"Jack and Amy are a brother and sister abandoned by their birth mother. Both gained admission to prestigious universities but could not afford the tuition. They scraped by delivering takeout and running street stalls. Their grandmother took the money saved for their tuition to buy a house for Carl. Their birth mother kept making empty promises time and again, leaving the siblings unable to trust anyone anymore.Just then, Linda, their father’s pregnant new wife, took them into her home. She was stern and set firm rules by day, yet quietly left warm milk outside their door at night. She emptied all the savings she had put aside for her unborn baby to send these two children with no blood tie to her to college. Faced with reports, gossip, and the grandmother who came to cause trouble, she never backed down once.From an awkward, hesitant “Linda” to that heart-wrenching “Mom” on the playground — this is a story about choosing to stay."