“Hey! Wait!”
About twenty feet away, Marian heard a quiet voice.
It was the beggar calling to her again.
She turned, and there she was—waving her hand, eyes full of urgency, almost as if she wanted to say something important.
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Marian hesitated, wondering if the woman simply wanted to thank her for the small donation.
Her expression seemed too desperate, as if there was something more.
But Marian was in a rush—she had grocery shopping to finish and only 30 minutes before her metro left.
With a quick glance at her watch, she made a difficult decision to leave the woman behind.
Marian hurried to the next store, thinking this would be the last time she’d see the beggar.
But destiny had a different plan.