I can come inside if I want, but I don’t want to scare you, okay?”
Then the little girl spoke up. “No, we’re not coming out. You will call the police.
Please go.”
“Police?” Kimberly was puzzled. “No, I won’t. I promise.
Will you come out now?”
There was a brief moment of silence before the girl emerged. “Where are the little boy and the dog?” Kimberly asked her. The little girl began to tear up.
“Please don’t take them away from me. I’m Jason’s big sister. My mommy told me to look after him.
My name is Stacey. We also have a dog. His name is Timmy.”
“Please don’t cry, Stacey.
I’ll help you and your brother. Where is your mom?”
“Mommy and daddy went to the angel,” she said as she wiped her tears. “So we ran away from home and came here.
Mrs. Green said that because mommy and daddy died in a fire, the police will get us and send us to a new place. But I don’t want that!”
A sharp pain ran through Kimberly hearing the little girl talk about the death of their parents.
“Stacey, when did that happen? And how long have you been living here?” she asked gently. “It happened last week.
We were playing outside….and then there was a fire in our house. Mommy and daddy were taken to the hospital, but they never came back….”
Kimberly just couldn’t help but feel for the poor girl and her brother. “Listen, Stacey.
You can come with me. I promise I won’t call the police. I’ll take care of you and Jacob and make sure you’re never separated.
And let’s take Timmy to a vet, okay? He looks sick.”
“Really?” Stacey’s eyes widened. “Do you promise Jacob and Timmy will live with me?”
“I promise you, Stacey.
Come, let’s go. You will come with me, right?”
The little girl nodded then asked her brother and the dog to come out of the garage. Kimberly brought them home, fed them, then took Timmy to the veterinarian.
When her husband, Josh, returned home, she told him what happened, and he suggested they call the cops. “Darling, how can you just bring them here? I know you feel bad for them, but we can’t just keep them.
What if the cops are on the lookout for them?”
“I understand, Josh, but we can talk to Sandra. We were planning on adopting anyway, so why not just take these two kids in? Please.
Sandra is a social worker, and she can help us with this. And we can inform the cops, but we’ll have to do so in secret because you know how terrified the kids are of them.”
“All right, then. But we’re going to call the cops and Sandra first thing the next morning.”
“Sure, honey.”
Josh and Kimberly spoke with Sandra, a close friend of the couple since they became foster parents, and with her assistance, they were able to keep the children with them for fostering.
Fortunately, she was able to persuade the cops that there would be no problem, and they agreed. A month later, Josh and Kimberly decided to officially adopt the children and began the paperwork. The process took some time, but Jacob and Stacey were finally theirs.
Josh and Sandra, who couldn’t have children, were overjoyed to have two children and a cute doggo, while Stacey and Jacob were thrilled to have a loving home where no one would tear them apart. What can we learn from this story? Love is what makes a family.
Josh and Kimberly decided to adopt Jacob and Stacey and raise them as their own. A little vigilance can save someone’s life. Thanks to Kimberly’s concern for Stacey, the little girl and her brother didn’t have to survive on leftovers and live in an abandoned garage any longer.
