A tearful, pregnant girl begged a man for help, but he turned away. What he did next would change her life forever.
That morning, my father was driving to work when he stopped at a petrol station to fill up. There stood a girl, barely nineteen, her belly round with child, pleading for spare change. She reached out, desperate, but he muttered an apology, claiming he had no coins, and climbed back into his car.
Yet something tugged at him. Before he could pull away, he stepped out again and asked her how shed ended up like this. Trembling, she confessedher parents had disowned her after she fell pregnant out of wedlock. Theyd argued bitterly over her choices, and shed been thrown out with nowhere to go. My father pressed gentlydid she have work? Any support? She shook her head, eyes downcast.
After a long pause, he made his decision. Handing her his business card, he told her to call him the next day.
She did. He met her at his office, gave her an interview, and within a week, she was answering phones and running errands. But that was only the beginning. Years later, she rose to become one of his deputy directorsnow a proud mother with a family of her own, thriving at last.
