25/09/2025
Story Time
The Stranger in the Rain" π§οΈ
She stood at the bus stop, drenched in rain, mascara running, clutching a letter in her hand.
No umbrella. No phone. Just the look of someone whose world had just shattered.
I was about to drive past when something made me stop.
I rolled down the window.
"Do you need a ride?"
She hesitated. Then nodded.
The car was silent for a while. Then she whispered, "I just walked away from my wedding."
My eyes widened. I glanced at the dress stuffed in a plastic bag on her lap. Mud on the hem.
She looked out the window.
"I realized at the altar⦠I loved the idea of him, not the man himself."
We drove in silence again. She stared at the sky.
Before getting out, she turned to me and said:
"Thank you. For seeing me when I was invisible."
I never asked her name. She never asked for mine.
But I still think about her when it rains.
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ποΈ Have you ever met a stranger who changed your life in an unexpected way β even just for a moment?
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