Heartbroken Mother Gives up Her Home to Pay For Son’s Rehab — Story of the Day
A mother discovers that her son has become addicted to gambling and vows to do anything she can to save him.
The first moment Sharon Grover held her son in her arms she knew that she would do anything, even give up her own life for this tiny scrap of humanity blinking up at her with absolute trust.
Sharon raised Steven with great care and lavished on him all her love and tenderness. But though we plow and tend the fields, we can’t always foresee what pestilence may invade the crop. When Steven was 25, Sharon discovered her beloved son was flawed.
Sharon Grover didn’t hesitate — her son needed help and so she sold her house | Shutterstock.com
It all started when Sharon received a phone call from her credit card company telling her her card had been maxed out in Las Vegas. She was stunned. As far as she knew, her credit card was in the drawer of her bedside table. She never used it!
Then she remembered that Steven had been in the house just a few days ago. Could he have taken her credit card? Sharon couldn’t believe it. What had Steven been doing in Las Vegas?
Sharon picked up the phone and called Steven at work. The receptionist told her Steven wasn’t in, then hesitated. “Look, Mrs. Grover, let me put you through to Mr. Kerring.”
Mr. Kerring was Steven’s boss, a man who had been mentoring her son for the past three years, and who deposited in Steven all his trust. But Mr. Kerring had bad news for Sharon.
“I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but I fired Steven a week ago,” Mr. Kerring explained. “I had to, he has embezzled over $200,000 and I’ve given him two weeks to replace the money or I go to the police.”
Sharon vowed she’d do anything to protect her son | Source: Unsplash
Sharon gasped. “EMBEZZLED? My boy? But why? You pay him a good salary…”
Mr. Kerring’s voice was sad. “You don’t know? Steven is a gambler, and now he’s out of control. He’s facing jail time and I can’t help him. I have to answer to my partners.”
Sharon hung up the phone. She was devastated. Her beautiful, sweet boy had not only stolen from her, but he’d also embezzled from his company, and now he might have to go to jail.
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