{"id":9365,"date":"2024-06-14T02:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T00:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=9365"},"modified":"2024-06-14T02:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T00:24:37","slug":"giving-20-cents-to-a-homeless-man-led-to-a-740k-villa-for-my-granny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=9365","title":{"rendered":"Giving 20 Cents to a Homeless Man Led to a $740K Villa for My Granny!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My father and I used to play baseball in the park every Saturday. On our way home, we always gave money to a beggar named Wayne, who knew my dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne day, I\u2019ll pay you back, Mr. Landry, every cent!\u201d Wayne would say.<\/p>\n

My dad would smile and reply, \u201cI\u2019m counting on it!\u201d<\/p>\n

One Saturday, I asked my dad how Wayne knew him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJimmy, I knew Wayne in college. He was always on the brink of a big discovery, but things didn\u2019t go well for him. So, I give him what I can. He tells me it\u2019s for lab supplies. I know it\u2019s not true, but I pretend. And when he says he\u2019ll share his profits, I say I believe him.\u201d<\/p>\n

That story really made me think hard about life for the first time.<\/p>\n

Later that night, my dad had a heart attack during his evening run and passed away. Since my mom had died when I was born, I was left with my grandmother, Wendy.<\/p>\n

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Dad\u2019s software company failed after his death, and we lost everything, including our house. My grandma managed to find us a trailer she could pay for with her pension and started working at a laundromat.<\/p>\n

But her health began to decline, and I was very worried.<\/p>\n

One day, Gran Wendy tried to cheer me up. \u201cLet\u2019s go to the park this Saturday,\u201d she said. So, we went to the park and then to the ice cream parlor. On our way out, I saw Wayne.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait, Gran Wendy!\u201d I cried. \u201cThere\u2019s something I have to do!\u201d I walked up to Wayne and turned my pockets inside out, finding only twenty cents.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Wayne, but I only have twenty cents!\u201d I said with tears in my eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey there,\u201d Wayne said. \u201cThat\u2019s okay! Every cent helps! How\u2019s your dad? I haven\u2019t seen him around.\u201d<\/p>\n

I started to sob, and Gran Wendy came running. \u201cHe\u2019s dead,\u201d I cried. \u201cAnd we\u2019re poor, and I\u2019m afraid Gran Wendy will die too, and I\u2019ll be all alone!\u201d<\/p>\n

Wayne looked shocked. \u201cListen, when my patent registration comes through, I\u2019m going to be rich. I promised John he\u2019d get a big chunk of my cash. Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll make sure you\u2019re all right!\u201d<\/p>\n

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I nodded, while Gran Wendy smiled and gave Wayne our address, but neither of us believed him.<\/p>\n

A year later, a limousine pulled up in front of our trailer. Wayne got out and handed Gran Wendy a check for $5 million. Then he drove us to a luxury villa by the sea, which he bought for $740,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promised John he\u2019d get his money back,\u201d Wayne said. \u201cA company bought my patent for more money than I can ever spend, so I\u2019m keeping my promise!\u201d<\/p>\n

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With the money and the new house, Gran Wendy\u2019s health improved, and I stopped being so anxious. Meanwhile, Wayne often visited to play baseball and shoot hoops with me.<\/p>\n

So, my father\u2019s kind heart and Wayne\u2019s promise changed our lives forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My father and I used to play baseball in the park every Saturday. On our way home, we always gave money to a beggar named Wayne, who knew my dad. \u201cOne day, I\u2019ll pay you back, Mr. Landry, every cent!\u201d Wayne would say. My dad would smile and reply, \u201cI\u2019m counting on it!\u201d One Saturday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9371,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions\/9371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}