A SIX-YEAR-OLD HOMELESS BOY ASKED THE CITY’S MOST FEARED MAN TO BE HIS FATHER FOR ONE DAY
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Chapter 10 - The Boy Who Had Nothing Asked Me for Something Money Could Never BuyEli's seventh birthday arrived.
I bought him a bicycle.
A blue one.
He stared at it.
“Is this mine?”
“Yes.”
He hugged me.
Then he whispered,
“Thank you for being my dad.”
I hugged him.
“No.”
“What?”
“Thank you for letting me be yours.”
He smiled.
And I realized something.
He had asked me for one day.
I had given him forever.
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But he had given me something far more valuable.
A family.
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Chapter 11 - My Enemies Tried to Use Eli Again, but This Time the Wolf Was ReadyYears passed.
Chapter 12 - Eli Asked Me Why I Had Been So Afraid of LoveOne evening, we sat on the same bench in Grant Park where we'd met.
Chapter 13 - The Little Boy Who Once Had No Home Became the Reason Hundreds of Children Found OneBy the time Eli was thirteen, the foundation had opened twelve shelters.
Chapter 14 - On the Anniversary of the Day He Asked Me to Be His Dad, Eli Gave Me a Gift That Made Me CryTen years after we met, Eli gave me a box.
Chapter 15 - The Homeless Boy Asked the Wolf to Be His Father for One Day—And I Became His Father ForeverI still visit Grant Park before sunrise.
