Chapter 3: You Don’t Wait to Help
“There was a lady at the bus stop,” Eli said quickly. “She was pregnant. Really pregnant. She was crying, and her coat was soaked, and nobody was helping her.”
Then I noticed his missing jacket too.
“You gave her your jacket?”
He looked down at his wet shirt.
“She was cold. And she had the baby to worry about. If I got sick, you’d make me soup, and I’d be okay.”
I pressed my fingers to my mouth.
How could I be angry at that?
Then Eli said the words that broke whatever frustration I had left.
“Dad always said you don’t wait to help.”
Darren had said that all the time. When a neighbor’s car wouldn’t start. When someone dropped groceries. When we were already late and someone needed a hand. Continue Reading ⬇️
