Twenty years ago, a stormy night and a split-second decision to help a stranger transformed both their lives forever. Celia supported James, a man at rock bottom, a warm meal, dry clothes, and hope when he needed it most. She never predicted to see him again. But when James knocks on her door decades later… everything was surprising.
It began on a stormy October night twenty years ago. I was young, just having finished school and working at the local diner.
That night, while I was driving home from a late shift, I saw him.
He was on the side of the road, by the rundown bus stop, hunched over, a torn jacket clinging to his thin frame. He looked like he might collapse at any second.
I wondered.
“Hey!” I called out through the rolled-down window. “Are you okay?”