Mother Knows: The Next Pandemic

The pandemic didn't start with Samantha, but reluctantly she was the first to go public. World-wide, the people were starving and suffering tremendous pain whenever they ate, but little was being done by the professionals. Misdiagnoses were running rampant and eventually, everyone was forced to suffer in silence, or undergo the unwanted consequences. Grudgingly, Samantha spoke to individuals who also needed help and this started her personal domino effect, which led to a friend having meetings; an eavesdropping customer reaching out to insane asylums and prisons; and eventually, an extremely embarrassing situation that lead to a radio station host, willing to listen. Samantha was very alone with the plague. She stumbles on another person that is secretly in pain and begins to compare notes. Then when she gets a job in a bakery she finds the owner is also silently suffering. She informs the bakery owner that there are others like her. When the owner starts having meetings at her house regarding her illness, the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. At this point, Samantha has an idea of how to help everyone. A fiction BY: PAM BONDY