Single Man Adopts Poor Neighbor’s Girl, Week Later She Shows Him Vault in Her House – Story of the Day

A man decided to adopt his late neighbor’s daughter but suddenly had trouble with the relatives who seemed more interested in the house than the little girl. When he legally adopted the girl, she showed him something he never expected.

“Mr. Barkin! Mr. Barkin!” a little voice outside his front door alerted Billy, and he rushed to open it. It was Jessica, his neighbor Agatha’s daughter. She had a tear-streaked face and wild eyes.

“Jessica, what’s going on?” he asked, confused.

“Mom! Something’s wrong with my mom! I have no idea what to do! Please! Help!” she cried, pointing towards her house.

Billy didn’t need any more information. He ran as fast as he could to Agatha’s home, and his heart stopped when he saw her unconscious on the living room floor. He rushed to the phone and called 911 while checking her breathing and heartbeat. There was nothing.

The paramedics came as quickly as they could, as well as the police, but there was nothing they could do. Agatha was gone… just like that. And poor Jessica was on Billy’s shoulders for hours.

At the hospital, the police questioned him. “Sir, are you related to the deceased?” the officer wondered.

“No, sir. We’ve been neighbors and good friends for years, but we are technically not family,” Billy responded solemnly. By then, Jessica was sleeping on his lap.

“The little girl seems to trust,” the officer commented while nodding. “Do you know how to get in touch with the family?”

“I have no idea. Agatha’s family was never around. She didn’t tell me much, but it seemed like she cut contact with them. We used to spend Thanksgiving together working at the local homeless shelter,” Billy continued quietly to avoid waking the little girl.

“Ok. Can you keep the little girl for now? A social worker can come to get her later,” the officer requested. But Billy’s eyes widened in shock.

“What? No! Jessica can’t go into the system. Can I keep her? Please. I don’t know if Agatha ever made arrangements in case something happened, but I’m sure she would be alright with this. As you said, she trusts me. Please, I can’t let her be lost in foster care or a children’s shelter,” he begged.

“Alright. For now, you can take her home. But we’ll have to look into the matter. If the deceased didn’t leave a plan and relatives appeared, you might have to give her up,” the officer explained carefully.

“I’ll accept that, as it’s the legal recourse, and it would be her family. But I won’t accept abandoning her into the system,” Billy said, his tone final.

“Good,” the officer smiled and left.

Billy took Jessica home and put her in the guest room. When he was finally alone, he cried. He couldn’t remember the last time he did. But Agatha was gone. He had had a crush on her for years, but he was always...