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“She met a young man. Thought he was committed. When she found out she was pregnant, he left.
She didn’t tell us. Pride is a heavy thing.”
“She worked. Struggled.
Tried to do everything alone. Even when it became too much, she still didn’t call.”
He took a breath.
“Until that day. After her panic attack, she called us from the ambulance.
First call in months.”
His voice softened.
“She told us about you. About how you took her baby so she wouldn’t drop him. How you sat on the floor with her.
How you stayed until help arrived. She said you talked to her like she mattered.”
“She asked if she could come home,” he said. “We brought her and the baby here that night.
They’ve been safe here ever since. Because of what you did.”
I swallowed.
“I just… did what I hope someone would do for my daughter,” I said. “That’s all.”
He smiled, eyes shining.
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