This terrible secret shocked the community.
A beggar who has to survive day in and day out on the goodness of other people turns out to have a lot to hide. By chance, a local resident discovers the dark circumstances in which the woman lives.
She could often be found sitting on a street corner with a ragged blanket and a cup, hoping that passersby would drop a few coins into her cup. She appeared to be frail and weak, and her clothes were torn and dirty.
For months, She had been living in the shadows of the city, unnoticed by most of the residents. She had no family or friends to turn to, and her only means of survival was the kindness of strangers. But as it turned out, She had a lot to hide.
The beggar
It was an ordinary afternoon in San Diego, California. Michelle was loading her groceries. The parking lot of her local supermarket was full of cars, limiting visibility. Michelle didn’t like this at all and started packing her trunk more and more frantically. Still, she wasn’t fast enough to avoid the most annoying part of her weekly shopping trip: the beggar.
As Michelle turned around and got ready to use her standard blow-off phrase, she saw something that shut her up…
Much to her surprise, the beggar had a baby in her arms. With wide eyes, both mother and child looked at Michelle, who this time could not escape a good deed. Completely stunned, Michelle pulled out her wallet and gave the beggar a $10 bill. She thanked Michelle with an unintelligible grunt and an uncertain smile. After this encounter, Michelle decided she had been too biased. From then on out she would always give the beggar some small change. She must have been having a really hard time on the street with a baby.
Michelle had a lot of compassion for the beggar. That is why she was very shocked by what she saw the following week…
