Mom Notices Little Son Is Losing Weight, Learns New Teacher Grabs His Lunch Every Day – Story of the Day

Single mom Amber panics when she notices her little son Johnny's sudden weight loss. She secretly follows him to his school cafeteria to ensure he eats well but sees his new teacher grabbing Johnny's lunch. When Amber reports the issue to the principal, Johnny reveals a heartbreaking truth.

It was a pleasant afternoon as 10-year-old Johnny returned home from school. Johnny's mother, Amber, a single working parent, greeted him with a warm smile.

Amber noticed Johnny was not his usual chirpy self. He seemed exhausted, and Amber thought Johnny had just another long day at school.

However, the mother's worst fears kicked in when she watched Johnny take off his school shirt and noticed how skinny he had become all of a sudden.

"Johnny! You've lost a lot of weight!" Amber was horrified. "Baby, you eat well at home...so how are you suddenly becoming so skinny??"

Johnny grew nervous, and Amber could see how worried he was. "Johnny? Is something bothering you, sweetie?" she asked.

But Johnny hid his nerves. "I'm fine, Mom!" he said, not making eye contact. "I don't know why I'm losing weight. But I'm alright!"

However, Amber knew she needed reassurance. "Johnny, honey, if there's something," she gently said, "...you can tell me. I'm afraid you're not eating properly at school."

"No...no, not at all! I eat at school, Mom," Johnny quickly replied.

But seeing his rushed response, Amber knew something was amiss.

"Well, how was the chicken parmesan I made for lunch today?" she asked.

"Delicious, Mom!" Johnny exclaimed. But his response heightened Amber's worry.

"Johnny?" she snapped back at Johnny, grabbing his shoulders. "There was no chicken parmesan for lunch today! Only cheese sandwiches and mashed potatoes!"

"Oh, I forgot, Mom!" Johnny said. "You often pack chicken for my lunch. I was confused! I loved the sandwiches!"

But seeing how Johnny dodged her questions, Amber decided to find out what was happening in his school.

The next day, Amber drove to Johnny's school during lunch and secretly observed him sitting alone at the cafeteria table, just staring at his lunchbox.

Moments later, she witnessed the unthinkable. Mr. Miller, Johnny's new physical education teacher, approached him and grabbed his lunch.

"What's going on here?" Amber was furious. "Is he doing this every day? Is this why my son has been losing weight?"

Amber angrily stormed to the principal's office to report the matter.

"Mrs. Franklin??" Amber burst into the principal's office. "I saw the new P.E. teacher, Mr. Miller, taking my son's lunch. He just grabbed it for God knows why..."

"Mrs. Stewart, this is...appalling! I sincerely apologize for what happened," Mrs. Franklin said as she immediately called Mr. Miller and Johnny to her office.

When Johnny walked in, he was pretty stunned to see his mother there. "Mom! Wha-what are you doing here?"

"Johnny, your mother told me she saw Mr. Miller taking your lunch? Can you please tell us what's going on?" the principal chimed in.

Having realized he was caught, Johnny decided to confess the truth.

"I wanted to find my BIOLOGICAL MOTHER!" he said as Amber's world came crashing down.

"A few months ago, while cleaning the attic, I accidentally discovered I was adopted," Johnny revealed further.

"I found a letter from a woman with the words: 'I promise to take Johnny back as soon as I can.' I saw the address on the envelope and realized she lives just a few hours from here, in Springfield."

"I wanted to find her. So I thought if I lost a little weight, I could easily qualify for the inter-school athletic competition in that town. I asked Mr. Miller to help me to lose some weight."

"I swear I didn't know about this, Mrs. Franklin," Mr. Miller jumped in his seat. "I thought he was a bit overweight...I was just trying to help him make it to the competition."

"Ridiculous! You are his P.E. teacher...not his dietician!" the principal reprimanded Mr. Miller.

Meanwhile, Amber's heart started to crack after hearing the truth from her son. Thanking the principal for addressing the issue, she headed home, unsure how to deal with Johnny's burning desire to meet his birth mother.

Later that afternoon, once Johnny was home from school, Amber decided to have a little talk.

"How could you hide this from me, Johnny? And you're not attending that athletic competition," Amber told Johnny. "You were putting yourself in danger by skipping your lunch."

"And how could you hide that you weren't my real mother??" Johnny shot back.

"Johnny, sweetie, you're still young to understand everything. I'll tell you everything when the right time comes, alright...But for now, I want you to..."

But before Amber could finish, Johnny yanked her hand and ran upstairs, sobbing.

"You can't hold me back for long, Mom..."

Back in his bedroom, Johnny's mind raced with thoughts as he devised a plan to somehow go to the city where his bio mother lived. The next day at school, he approached Mr. Miller in the games room.

"Mr. Miller...can you take me to the city where my bio mom lives?" Johnny asked.

"That's not possible, Johnny," Mr. Miller sternly refused. But Johnny was not in the spot to accept rejection.

"Fine! I'll find a way on my own," he said, turning around as Mr. Miller stopped him.

"Alright! Do you have her address?" he asked Johnny.

"Yes!" Johnny excitedly exclaimed.

"Okay! Wait for me at the school parking lot after classes. I'll take you there," Mr. Miller said as Johnny nodded and happily turned around.

Johnny's mind boggled at the thought of meeting his biological mother. He approached the parking lot later that day, only to find it empty.

"What's taking Mr. Miller so long?" Johnny muttered.

A wave of relief washed over him when he saw Mr. Miller's car pulling up in the parking lot. Johnny bolted in his direction, only to freeze when he saw his mother, Amber, getting out of the teacher's car.

"Care to explain where you were planning to go, Johnny?" Amber fumed at Johnny. "Get in the car...."

With a sinking heart, Johnny got into the car, his eyes firing daggers at Mr. Miller. "You betrayed me, Mr. Miller. I trusted you."

Frustrated, Johnny sat quietly in the backseat and drove home with his mother.

Following the incident, Amber took extra care in not leaving Johnny alone. She dropped him off at school and picked him up every day. She never allowed him to play outside without her supervision. Amber knew this would be hard on Johnny, but she always wanted him under her watch.

As days passed, Johnny stopped talking about his bio mother. Amber trusted Johnny's sudden change in his behavior, only to regret it while cleaning the basement one Saturday afternoon.

Amber and Johnny were occupied with sweeping and mopping the basement floor. Suddenly, Johnny grabbed her phone and bolted upstairs. He slammed the cellar door shut, locking Amber in the cellar.

"Johnny...what are you doing? Let me outta here," Amber shrieked.

But her pleas fell on deaf ears as Johnny bolted to her room and stole money from her wallet before darting to the street.

With wads of dollar bills in his grip and his bio mother's address in his pocket, Johnny arrived at a gas station 20 minutes later and approached a truck driver.

"Excuse me, sir...I'll pay you $100 if you can take me to the city nearby in your truck?" Johnny told the stranger, showing him a $100 bill.

The driver's face gleamed at the sight of the money. "Alright! Hop in!" he motioned for Johnny and opened the truck door.

Johnny dozed off on the seat as the truck rumbled down the highway. Just as the driver took a sharp turn and sped over a speedbump, wads of dollars secured by a rubber band fell out of Johnny's pocket.

Without a moment's hesitation, the driver grabbed the money and hid it in the glove compartment.

"Now I should get rid of this boy on the way...." he muttered, pulling up at a gas station.

"Are we in the city?" Johnny rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the driver.

"Nope!" the man chuckled. "We've stopped to refuel the truck, champ."

"Oh, can you please wait for a minute…? I'll use the restroom real quick," Johnny held his tummy and asked the driver.

"Sure thing, kid...hurry up!" the driver said as Johnny got out of the truck.

Seizing the opportunity, the truck driver closed the door and immediately drove away, leaving Johnny stranded in the middle of nowhere.

"Hey, come back! I gave you money for dropping me in the city...you can't do this to me..." Johnny ran after the speeding truck.

But the truck was gone, and that's when Johnny put his hand in his pocket and realized his money was gone too.

Snapping away his tears and feeling defeated, Johnny decided to wait there for the bus. He knew that long-haul buses would stop at regular gas stations for refueling.

So he decided to sneak into the luggage compartment of any random bus heading to the city as soon as it pulled over at the gas station.

An hour later, Johnny woke up to a strange rumbling sensation, only to realize he was in the backseat of his mom Amber's car.

"MOM?? How did I get in here?" Johnny was startled.

As it turned out, Amber had managed to break the cellar door with an ax and escape. Following her instincts, she knew Johnny would take the highway to the city. She happened to pass by the gas station when she found Johnny just moments after he had passed out due to fatigue.

"Mom...where are we going?" Johnny asked Amber, but she never uttered a word until they arrived outside an unfamiliar house an hour later.

"This is your biological mother Kimberly's house, Johnny," Amber said, gathering her broken heart with a smile. "You're free to go now...I won't hold you back anymore."

Johnny was overwhelmed with emotions as he approached the grand foyer and peered through the French window.

He saw a woman building a dollhouse with two little girls in the living room. A middle-aged man was sitting on the couch, engrossed in reading a newspaper.

"Is that her?" Johnny asked Amber.

"Yes, that's your mother," Amber replied and hurried to her car parked outside the gate, unable to hold back her tears.

Johnny knocked on the door, and moments later, a woman answered, curiously staring at him.

"Hello there! How can I help you?" she asked, wondering who Johnny was.

Johnny was lost in deep thought, and time seemed to stand still when he remembered his bio mother's letter he found in the attic all those months ago.

The words — 'I promise to take Johnny back as soon as I can.' — haunted Johnny.

"I'm sorry..." Johnny said after a long pause. "I've come to the wrong address!"

He turned around and bolted to his mother.

"She doesn't even recognize me, Mom," Johnny sobbed, throwing himself in Amber's arms. "She has forgotten about me."

Amber's heart ached to see her son cry, so she decided to tell him the truth.

"Johnny, your bio Mom Kimberly struggled alone after giving birth to you. She asked me to care for you until she found a job in the city. But after meeting her future husband, who didn't want to raise another man's child, your bio mom was forced to let you go and move on with him. I never heard from her again."

"That's because she never wanted me!" Johnny sniffled.

"Not quite, baby," Amber gently ruffled Johnny's hair as she hugged him. "Sometimes, we adults are forced to make difficult choices for the better. I guess it was God's lovely plan that brought us together for a reason...to give you a mother and to give me a precious little son! You were this tiny little angel when I first held you. I couldn't imagine letting you go...so I adopted you...

...And no matter what, I'M YOUR MOTHER!"

Johnny hugged Amber and apologized for letting her down, promising never to repeat it.

"Mom, let's go home!" he said as Amber kissed him, and they drove home.

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