I fumbled for my phone, my heart thudding against my ribs. Who was “Him”? With trembling hands, I opened the news app, the screen flickering to life.
A familiar image filled the screen: the elderly couple, their faces softened by a studio’s warm lighting. Below the image was a headline that stole my breath: “Billionaire Philanthropist and Nobel Laureate Saved by Good Samaritan.”
Confusion blossomed into disbelief. I read the article’s opening lines, each word resonating like the toll of a bell: “Last week, in a rare moment caught by a passerby’s camera, renowned philanthropists, Gerald and Anne Whitmore, were assisted by a selfless stranger on the rain-stricken I-95.”
