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He didn’t sign. He didn’t wait for gratitude. He simply walked away, his breath forming clouds in the frosty air.
And he did it constantly. Once a week, sometimes twice if he managed to pick up an extra shift. He brought blankets, canned goods, socks, and anything else he could gather. Some weeks, that meant skipping lunch. Other weeks, it meant telling Nina they couldn’t afford new school supplies yet.
Ethan didn’t know that someone was watching him. Someone had noticed every act of kindness, every carefully folded blanket, and every note he left. And that someone was about to change his life forever.
A month passed. Winter enveloped the city like an icy blanket, bringing temperatures that turned breath to fog and fingers to numbness.
Ethan continued his quiet morning trips to the park, leaving as much as he could.
He left them blankets, food, hand warmers, and even a small teddy bear for a homeless woman who cried when she found it.
One morning, something strange happened. The blankets Ethan had left the night before were gone, but in their place was a folded piece of paper, weighted down with a smooth, gray stone.
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