But she wasn’t alone.
Next to her sat a teenage girl dressed in worn clothes. Her backpack was patched together with strips of duct tape, and her sneakers looked two sizes too big. Her hair was messy, her jacket thin.
Daniel instantly recognized the signs.
The girl was homeless.
But that wasn’t what shocked him most.
She was teaching.
Sophie held a notebook in her lap, listening intently while the girl used a small stick to draw numbers and shapes on the pavement. She explained something enthusiastically, pointing to the markings as if solving a puzzle.
Sophie burst into laughter.
Daniel’s chest tightened.
His daughter hadn’t laughed like that in months.
“Stop the car,” he said quietly.
The driver hesitated. “Sir?”
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