Bus Driver Insults Breastfeeding Mom Unaware Her Husband Would Get in at Next Stop – Story of the Day

A bus driver mocks a breastfeeding mom on his bus and is surprised to see her being greeted by his son at the next stop. Moreover, the son is unexpectedly in a wheelchair.

Keith was behind the wheel, ferrying passengers across the city, when a young lady with a baby boarded the bus. Keith’s lips curled into a sly smirk.

Babies were too unpredictable and could start bawling at any moment. So nothing was worse to Keith than putting up with the baby’s loud cries during rush hour.

As the lady occupied a vacant seat with her toddler, Keith grumbled. “That should stop the child from whining,” he frowned…

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When a stop light arrived, and Keith turned around to check how many people were aboard, he saw the lady breastfeeding her baby. His anger flared, and his cheeks turned crimson red. “Hey, Lady! You can’t do that here!” he yelled.

“Why, of course, I can! I’m nursing my baby,” the mother responded.

Keith looked around at the others and was unsettled. The traffic light turned green, and he started driving, expressing his disapproval of the woman feeding her child.

“Disgusting! Kids think they’re entitled to everything and just display their breasts in front of complete strangers,” Keith mumbled loudly.

Keith’s murmurs intensified as the woman adjusted to cover up her chest. “Youngsters lack respect for others. Since when did breastfeeding in public become the norm?”

The lady overheard everything, and Keith’s discomfort persisted, echoing through the bus.

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A few men near Keith joined in taking a dig at the woman. Keith chuckled, and the mocking continued. “Like I said, no decency! Where’s her husband? Why didn’t anyone in her life teach her some self-respect?” he added.

The woman finished feeding her child and prepared to leave. As the bus doors opened, Keith’s gaze shifted to a man in a wheelchair waiting for her, and his jaw dropped.

“DANIEL?” he gasped, recognizing his son, who was now in a wheelchair. It was only the second time he’d ever seen him. Daniel was perfectly alright seven years ago, and Keith couldn’t understand what had happened to him.

His anxiety surged even more when he realized the woman he had insulted for the last half hour was his daughter-in-law. And the baby…his grandson. Keith’s heart cracked again.

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“Are you going to drive, old man?” a youngster in the back yelled, snapping Keith out of his reverie.

Keith turned around, trying his best to get his job done. But it wasn’t easy, especially when the vision of his life 22 years ago came flashing back into his mind…

“Honey, I’m home,” Keith gleefully cried out to his girlfriend, Sarah. “Ummm! That tastes delicious!” he exclaimed, gobbling a spoonful of pasta.

“I can’t do it, Keith,” she rose. “I want to have this baby.”

“I thought we agreed. You know we’re not ready for a baby yet,” he sighed.

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“I’m already 15 weeks along,” Sarah brushed her belly. “I want this baby. I love him. I…I’m sorry…I can’t.”

Keith was worried now. He tried to explain to Sarah that their one-bedroom flat in the secluded part of town and their minimum wage salaries wouldn’t be enough to raise a baby. But she stood her ground.

“Fine!” Keith eventually agreed. “We’ll figure out something.”

Deep inside, he was haunted by what to do all evening. And that’s when he remembered his best friend, Victor, and left for the pub to meet him.

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“Keith! Where the hell have you been, man?” Victor exclaimed as soon as Keith walked through the door of their favorite bar. They often hung out there, but Keith had refrained from nights out after moving in with Sarah.

“And how’s your girl?” Victor said, downing a drink.

“She’s good, man,” Keith nodded, licking his dry lips. “Is there any job for me…with you? Look, man, I’m ready to do anything. Please…talk to your boss Mr. Abraham. I’m good with cars…”

Keith knew the stakes were high but took up a job pretty soon. Hotwiring a car in less than a minute and stealing parts was a cakewalk for Keith, and soon, money started rolling in.

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Keith and Sarah eventually moved to a new area only a month after he started his new job. They were doing exceptionally well, and one night, when he arrived home, he found Sarah crying on the couch.

“The cops were here, Keith. They asked terrifying questions about you and Victor…and some Mr. Abraham… Why are the cops after you?” she asked.

A lump rose in Keith’s throat. “It’s better if you don’t know,” he said as Sarah’s worst fears were confirmed.

“Jesus! Are you in a gang, Keith? Wha—what if you get arrested? What’s gonna happen to me and our baby if you go down?” She cried.

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“Nothing’s gonna happen,” Keith pressed Sarah’s shoulders. “I’ll take care of it.”

“Really, Keith? You think the cops will spare you?”

Keith’s anger boiled over. “For God’s sake, Sarah! Can’t you see why I’m doing this? I had to bring more money…I’m doing all this for us!”

“Please, stop it,” Sarah cried her heart out, begging Keith to quit his illegal gig and return to the normal, simple life they once lived.

“We need MONEY to live!” he yelled.

“You can make that MONEY by doing something else…NOT THIS!” Sarah shot back as she cried, squinting her eyes. “The baby kicked…Ow!”

Keith calmed down as he cupped her face and looked into her eyes. “Look, babe, I have this huge gig coming up. It could set us up for life. I can’t give up in the middle. I want to give our son everything,” he said.

Sarah’s face contorted. “If you don’t quit this job, you’ll never be able to get out of it. The cops are after you…do you even realize that?”

“Sarah, this is my chance. I don’t want to return to some stupid low-wage job, okay? This is beyond my control. I used to feel low. But now, I have everything they said I could never have.”

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Sarah’s gaze lowered as she clutched her belly tight. “I don’t think this is gonna work out, Keith. You’re not the man I loved,” she sobbed.

“Oh, c’mon! How convenient, Sarah,” Keith lashed out at her expletively. “You enjoyed the money I made…What’s wrong now? Like it or not, I’m not quitting,” he declared, storming out of the room.

It was early morning when Keith returned home from another successful score. “Honey, look…I’m sorry. Things got a bit intense last night…Sarah?” He called out to her over and over.

But still no answer. So Keith hurried to their bedroom, wondering if she was sick or still sleeping, only to find it empty.

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Keith grew anxious as he rang Sarah’s number. But all his calls landed in voicemail. He rummaged through the closet and noticed some of her clothes were gone. All the onesies were missing from the nursery. “Sarah?” Keith panicked and ran around the house, but she was nowhere to be found.

They didn’t have many friends, so Keith thought Victor or the rest of his gang could help find her. Just as Keith frantically pressed the call button on Victor’s number, a loud knock on the front door jolted him.

“Police! Open the door, Mr. Griffith. We know you’re in there,” a cop yelled and banged on the door. “We have an arrest warrant.”

“Argh!” Keith held his head, knowing there was no escape now.

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Keith was arrested and sentenced to 20 years. However, he was released on parole after 15 years owing to good conduct. He didn’t go back to Victor or Mr. Abraham, and all he wanted was to find Sarah and their baby.

Keith tracked down their address and eagerly raced to a suburban area several miles west of their old neighborhood. The beautiful houses and picturesque landscapes pleased his eyes. This was the kind of place he wanted to live with Sarah and their son.

Finally, Keith made it closer to Sarah’s house, and just as he was about to enter the gate, an SUV drove past him. A well-dressed man got down as Keith stood puzzled. “Did I get the address wrong? But the mailbox shows the same number…”

“DAD!” a boy’s voice startled him. Keith looked up, his heart pounding in his chest, and a smile formed on his face.

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Keith’s heart shattered to a million pieces when he saw a teen boy bolting from the front door toward the stranger who had just gotten down from the SUV. And Sarah emerged from the doorway. “Guys, dinner is ready! Hurry!” she chuckled.

“Dad, let’s go,” the boy chirped. “Mom made spaghetti!”

“You’re right, Daniel! Let’s hurry!” Keith watched as the man wrapped his hand around the boy’s shoulder, and they walked inside the house. It could mean only one thing—he was the boy’s stepfather who had taken Keith’s rightful place in Sarah’s and their son’s lives.

Heartbroken, Keith decided to turn around and leave. But he wanted to see how happy they were together. He secretly peeked through the window and saw the teen and his stepdad cheering for a baseball game on TV. Sarah was sitting beside them and looked as beautiful as ever.

As the street lights turned on, Keith gathered his bits and pieces and walked away.

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A blaring horn in the distance snapped Keith to reality as tears rolled down his cheeks. He finished his last route for the night, and the thought of seeing Daniel in a wheelchair broke his heart again. “What happened to my boy? He was fine when I saw him seven years ago…” Keith wondered.

A few days later, he drove to the same address he last saw Sarah and Daniel to find out. He pulled over outside a neighboring house and waited nervously until a knock on his side window startled him.

“Hey, who are you? Why’s your car parked outside my compound? If you don’t leave, I’ll call the cops,” an older lady barked at him.

Keith stepped down from his car with a start. “No, please, ma’am. I just wanted to go there…”

“Go where?” she raised her hands and growled.

“Over there…to that house. I want to meet Sarah and Daniel. I haven’t seen her in years,” Keith clarified.

“Oh, dear,” the older lady’s voice softened. “Don’t you know what happened?”

“Yeah?” Keith’s forehead wrinkled with unease.

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“Sarah and her husband died last year,” the older woman revealed. “Their son Daniel lives with his wife and baby there.”

“WHAT? NO!” Keith’s eyes bulged with shock.

“Car accident. Daniel luckily survived because he was in the backseat. But he can’t walk,” the lady added. “It’s so sad. I saw that boy grow up. They were such a lovely family. And his baby…he won’t ever see his grandparents.”

Keith thanked the woman and regretfully walked past her, heading straight to the front door. He knew it was time to step up and face his son, no matter what. Keith adjusted his voice and sighed deeply before knocking on the door. It creaked open moments later, and Daniel rolled his wheelchair closer.

“Yes?” He looked up at Keith.

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Every Day, My Nanny Took My Son to a Basement—What I Found Left Me in Shock

When my son began to seem distant and tired, I realized something was wrong. After I followed him and our nanny to a secret basement, I prepared myself for something terrible—but what I found was a surprising truth I never imagined.

I need to share this because I can’t stop crying about what happened. I felt like I was experiencing every mother’s worst nightmare. But what I discovered was something I could never have predicted—something that left me deeply shaken.

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My name is Dayna, and I’m a single mom trying to balance my job and raising my eight-year-old son, Liam. I work long hours as a doctor, which is tough, but I’ve always made Liam my main focus.

He is the joy of my life—kind, caring, and a bit shy—and we’ve always had a strong bond. That was until recently.

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A few weeks ago, I noticed something was off. Every day when I got home from the hospital, Liam looked exhausted. It wasn’t just regular tiredness; he seemed drained and distant.

His eyes were heavy, and he had lost his usual energy. Worse still, he looked scared. Whenever I asked him what was wrong, he would just shrug and say, “I’m fine, Mom.”

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But I knew better. “Liam, are you sure? You don’t seem like yourself. Is something happening at school?”

“No, Mom. Everything’s fine.” He would try to smile, but I could tell something was wrong.

I asked Grace, our nanny, if she had noticed anything. She had been helping me out for almost a year, taking care of Liam after school while I worked.

“Oh, he’s probably just tired from school,” she said casually. “You know how kids can be—always a bit moody. Plus, I don’t let him watch too much TV, so he might be sulking about that.”

I wanted to believe her, but my worry kept growing. Liam wasn’t a moody child, and I knew when something was off. I just couldn’t figure out what it was.

I tried to dismiss it as me being paranoid, but every day, Liam seemed to withdraw more. It was like something was bothering him, and it was eating at me.

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One evening, after I tucked Liam in, I found myself looking at the security camera footage. We had a couple of cameras in the house for safety, but Grace didn’t know about them. I hesitated at first, feeling guilty, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong.

When I watched the footage, my heart sank. Every day around lunchtime, Grace would take Liam out of the house. She had told me they stayed in, but the cameras showed a different story.

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They were gone for hours, and when they returned, Liam looked dirty, tired, and distant. Once, I even saw Grace wipe him down before I got home, like she was hiding something.

I watched as she put her finger to her lips and made a “shush” motion at Liam. My hands tightened around my phone. What was going on? Where was she taking him?

By the fourth day of watching this happen, I couldn’t take it anymore. I had to know the truth. I took a day off from work, telling my boss I’d be late, and parked down the street, waiting for Grace and Liam to leave.

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Just as I expected, around noon, they left the house and walked down the street. I followed them from a distance, my heart racing. They turned down an alley I hadn’t seen before, and at the end was an old, run-down building.

Grace unlocked a rusty door, and they both disappeared inside.

I hesitated for a moment, fear gnawing at me. But I had to find out what was going on. I crept closer, my hands shaking as I pulled out my phone and hit record. The door creaked open slightly, and I slipped inside, trying to be quiet.

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The air was damp and smelled old. I saw stairs leading down to what looked like a basement, and my stomach twisted. What was Grace doing with my son down here?

I waited a few minutes, then crept closer. The door was slightly open, so I slipped inside, barely breathing. The place smelled musty, and I could hear muffled voices from below. I quietly walked down the dusty stairs.

And then…I froze.

When I reached the bottom of the stairs, my heart pounded so hard I thought it might burst. But what I found wasn’t what I expected.

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The basement that I thought would be cold and scary was bright and cheerful. The walls were painted a soft green—my favorite color.

I blinked, trying to understand what I was seeing. Along the walls were shelves filled with fabric, thread, buttons, and ribbons, all neatly organized. There was a small wooden desk covered with sewing patterns.

“What…?” I breathed, unable to find the words.

I hadn’t seen Liam yet, but when I looked up, there he was, standing next to a big cardboard box. His eyes widened when he saw me.

“Mom!” he gasped, frozen in shock.

Grace, who had been folding fabric at the desk, dropped what she was holding and stared at me, just as surprised. For a moment, none of us spoke. I couldn’t make sense of what was happening. All my fear and suspicion melted into confusion.

“What is this?” I stammered, my voice shaky. “What’s going on here?”

Liam looked nervously at Grace, then back at me, biting his lip like he always did when he was anxious. He took a small step forward. “I…I was trying to surprise you, Mom.”

“Surprise me?” I repeated, looking around. None of this made sense. “Why—what is all this?”

Liam shifted his weight, his small hands clasped in front of him. “I found your old diary, the one from when you were a kid,” he said softly.

“You wrote in there about how you wanted to be a seamstress… how you wanted to design clothes and have your own brand.”

I felt a sudden tightness in my chest. That diary. I hadn’t thought about it in years. I could barely remember writing in it or the dreams I had shared.

Liam continued, his voice quieter. “But you said your parents wanted you to be a doctor instead, and it made you sad.”

My breath caught. I had buried those feelings so deep that I almost forgot they ever existed. And here was my son, reminding me of a dream I had long given up.

Liam’s eyes filled with worry as he looked at me. “I just—I just wanted to make you happy, Mom.” His voice cracked a little. “So, I asked Grace if she could help me build you a place to sew. We’ve been coming here after school every day to work on it.”

I stared at him, my heart full but aching. “Liam…” I whispered, barely able to speak.

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“We saved up,” he added quickly, pointing to the big cardboard box. “We got you something special.”

I looked at Grace, who stood beside him, her hands clasped together. She smiled, a little shyly, but there was warmth in her eyes.

“He used all the money he saved from birthdays,” she explained softly. “We found a thrift store with a sewing machine in great condition. It turned into a little project for us.”

A sewing machine? My heart felt like it might burst. I slowly sank to my knees, my hands shaking. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“You did all this for me?” I whispered, looking up at Liam. Tears fell down my cheeks.

Liam’s eyes filled with worry. “Mom, are you okay?”

I couldn’t speak. I could only nod. He rushed to me, wrapping his little arms around my neck and holding me tight. I hugged him back fiercely, my tears flowing freely now. My sweet boy. My loving boy.

Grace walked over and quietly lifted the cardboard box. Underneath was a shiny, modern sewing machine. I gasped, my hand flying to my mouth. It wasn’t just some old thing—it was practically brand new.

“We wanted to surprise you, but I guess we didn’t plan on you finding out like this,” Grace said with a soft laugh.

Liam pulled back slightly, looking into my eyes. “I just wanted to make your dreams come true, Mom,” he whispered. “Like you always do with mine.”

His words washed over me, and I broke down, crying harder than I had in years. Not out of sadness, but out of pure love and gratitude.

I had thought that part of my life was over, that I had missed my chance. But here was my son, this little boy with a heart bigger than I ever realized, bringing that dream back to life for me.

“I don’t know what to say,” I whispered through my tears. “Liam, you’ve given me more than I could ever ask for.”

Liam smiled, his own eyes shiny with tears. “I just want you to be happy, Mom.”

I pulled him into my arms again, holding him close as if I could keep this moment forever. The room, once an old forgotten basement, was now filled with light, hope, and love.

And all because my little boy believed in me, even when I had stopped believing in myself.

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