stranded in the rain
The rain was falling heavily that night.
Favor stood alone at the lonely bus stop. Her cheap dress was soaked and sticking to her body. She had been standing there for more than two hours in the cold. Her hair was wet, her shoes were full of water, and she was shivering badly.
No bus. No taxi. No help was coming.
Tears mixed with the rain on her face. She hugged her old bag tightly. Inside was only 200 naira, not enough to go home. She had just lost her waitress job yesterday, her rent was overdue, and her sick mother was at home waiting for her with no food and no medicine. She felt completely hopeless and alone in the world.
Cars drove past very fast, splashing dirty water on her legs. Nobody stopped to help her. Everyone was rushing home to their families.
"God, please help me," she whispered as she cried. "I just want to go home to my mother. Please don't let me sleep on the road tonight."
Just then, a very expensive blue car slowed down beside her. The glass wound down slowly. The rain was loud on the roof of the car.
Inside was a handsome young man in a clean expensive suit. He looked rich and powerful. His eyes were cold but his face was kind. He stared at her for a long time, surprised to see a beautiful girl alone at that dangerous time.
"Why are you standing alone in this heavy rain at night?" he asked in a deep voice. "It is dangerous for a girl like you to be here alone."
Favor wiped her face with her wet hand. "Sir, I am stranded. I have no money to go home. I have been here since evening and no bus is coming."
The man looked at her closely. She was beautiful even in the rain, but her eyes looked innocent and tired, not like the fake girls he knew in the city who only wanted his money.
He unlocked the door.
"Enter. I will take you home. You will get sick if you stay here in this rain."
Favor hesitated. Her mother told her never to enter a stranger's car. But the rain was too much and she was shaking from cold and hunger. She had no choice.
She slowly entered the warm car, not knowing that her life was about to change forever.
can a rich man still behave like this