Mother Ate My Future

She was the internet’s favorite mom—and my personal nightmare. In the glow of her viral breakfast videos, my life was staged for strangers, every emotion twisted for likes, every private moment a new performance. Behind the camera, I was trapped in a cage of love so tight I could barely breathe. My father fled, my classmates turned away, and my secret crush became Mom’s next headline. When her obsession with online validation ruined my last hope for normalcy, I was forced to choose: keep playing her perfect daughter, or risk everything for freedom. But even after I broke away, her betrayal followed me across the internet, and the world had to decide who to believe. Can I reclaim my story before her version goes viral forever?

Every time someone hurt Mom, fortune rained down on them—money, love, success. But beneath her bruises, I saw something inhuman: she wasn’t just a hard-luck woman, but a creature who fed on the pain, quietly draining the lives of those who tormented her. Now, as my family’s cruelty spirals, I’m forced to choose—save Mom, or save myself before her curse devours us all.

Shellie brags about a perfect home and a loving mother, but her frayed clothes and empty lunch tray tell another story. When her secret unravels in a brutal, public betrayal, even her desperate loyalty can't save her from the truth: the only thing more painful than hunger is a mother’s rejection. Now, as her former classmate, I can’t stop chasing the ghost of the girl we all broke, even if it means facing what I did to her.

All Natalie wanted was one peaceful Christmas Eve, but her mother turned the holiday into a public shaming over a single missed point. Even as her aunt tries to save her, every taste of freedom is snatched away—her birthday, her friends, her hope—all crushed by relentless perfectionism. When Mom storms into Olive Garden with homework in hand, Natalie realizes: some scars are harder to erase than any red mark on a test.

Every cent I spend triggers my mother’s interrogation—her Family Wallet app tracks my every move, turning college into a digital cage. Even a $12 pizza means shame, exposure, and another night crying under my blanket, forced to confess my 'sins.' But the more she tightens her grip, the more I learn to rebel, lie, and fight for the freedom she’s desperate to steal from me.

At four, Maddie can see the future through mysterious floating comments—and they all say her hardworking mom will die soon, leaving Maddie alone. Desperate to change fate, Maddie tracks down the cold, powerful CEO who doesn't know he's her father and demands his help. But secrets, betrayals, and a paternity test threaten to shatter her only chance at saving her family.

Second chances don’t come after death—unless you wake up in your grandmother’s body on the day your family’s fate was sealed. Thrust into 1997, a rebellious teen must save her mother from a lifetime of regret and her uncle from a future behind bars, all while outsmarting small-town bullies and launching a business in a world stacked against her. As she battles gossip, betrayal, and heartbreak, every choice could rewrite the past or trap her there forever. But when her future father appears, and a fire threatens everything, she’s forced to risk it all for one shot at redemption. If you could change your family’s destiny, what would you sacrifice—and would it be enough to get back home?

Natalie’s life shatters when her beloved mother dies and her cold, powerful father replaces her with a lookalike daughter. On her sixteenth birthday, humiliated and alone, Natalie receives a mysterious phone call—from her supposedly dead mom. As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, Natalie must decide if she’ll fight for her place in a family that wants her gone, or finally break free.

Waking up ten years in the future, I found a little boy calling me 'Mom'—and a wedding photo with a man I never loved. My memories stop at college, but in this world, I’m married to the golden boy next door, and everyone says I’m not the mother my son deserves. My best friend barely speaks to me, my husband is a stranger, and my life is a puzzle I can’t solve. Each answer only raises more questions: whose child is Louie, and why did Julian Carter, the boy I once envied, marry me? I’m trapped in a life that feels both perfect and painfully wrong, desperate to uncover the truth. Can I rewrite my future—or am I doomed to repeat the mistakes of a woman I barely recognize?

Natalie’s dream job is slipping through her fingers, thanks to her mother’s relentless calls and impossible demands. Every buzz of her phone risks exposing her deepest shame to her boss and colleagues, while her son’s needs and her mother’s stubborn love leave her torn in two. When her mother finds her boss’s number and calls during a critical meeting, Natalie must choose: her career, her family, or herself—before she loses everything.

Rachel’s college life shatters when her mom slashes her allowance to $65 a month—meticulously tracked, penny by penny. Humiliated, hungry, and desperate, she’s forced to fake a wild romance on Instagram just to trigger her mother’s jealousy. But when her rebellion backfires, Rachel must choose: beg for scraps, or finally break free from her mother’s chokehold—even if it means losing everything she’s ever known.

Caleb has spent his life hiding in the shadow of his golden twin, enduring his mother’s cruelty and his family’s dark secrets inside their famed Southern restaurant. But when a powerful outsider offers a fortune for the recipe that built their fortune, betrayal, violence, and forbidden desires threaten to rip his world apart. With everything at stake—including his own hope for escape—Caleb must decide how far he’ll go to survive a family that would rather eat him alive.