I Always Gave a Few Dollars to a Homeless Man on My Way to Work — on Christmas Eve, He Said, ‘Don’t Go Home Today…There’s Something You Don’t Know!’

She stepped aside immediately.

“Of course.

You don’t need a reason.”

Later, at her tiny kitchen table, I told her everything.

“The guy on the bench?” she said. “And he knew your name and that you have a sister?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s creepy,” she said. “You should call the cops.”

“And say what?” I asked.

“‘A man with a newspaper knows basic facts and told me to sleep at your place’?”

She didn’t laugh.

“Text your neighbor,” she said. “At least make sure your house looks normal.”

I did.

My neighbor replied:

Looks fine. No lights, no cars.

Want me to check the door?

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