Rich Man Learns Maid He Sheltered for 4 Years Is the Mom Who Abandoned Him 28 Years Ago – Story of the Day

A rich man and an older woman are linked by a strange twist of fate, which they discover after four years of living under the same roof.

The heavy pattering rain on the window and the thunderous boom playing in the sky distracted Dylan, who was busy on his laptop. In a rage, he marched to the living room window to close the curtains when he noticed something odd.

A woman stood drenched and shivering in the pouring rain, staring at his house. Even in the darkness of the evening, he could make out her frail figure, trembling from the cold outside.

“Lyra, honey!” he called out to his wife. “Did you call someone home?”

“No, I didn’t, Dylan,” she replied, joining him at the window. “Who’s there?”

“Do we know her?” he asked. “That woman out there… she’s just standing in the rain.”

Lyra looked out the window and shook her head. “I don’t know… she seems old. Let’s ask her if she needs any help.”

So Dylan and Lyra went downstairs and outside, carrying an extra umbrella and blanket for the older woman.

As soon as the older woman saw them, Dylan noticed a panic in her eyes.

“Ma’am, are you alright?” asked Dylan, sheltering her under the spare umbrella. “Can we help you with something?”

“Oh well, I don’t know…” she said. “I—I don’t have a place to live here. I’m new in town and have no idea where to go…”

The woman didn’t have any luggage, which confused Dylan and Lyra. She could be faking it all, they thought. And they had two kids at home. They didn’t want to risk their safety by letting a stranger in, but something about the woman told Dylan she wasn’t a threat.

“Do you have any family we could contact, ma’am?” asked Lyra. “We could call the police.”

“Oh no, no,” she cried out. “I don’t have a family… I came here looking for a job, children… I don’t know why I—I just stopped here. I should leave…”

“It’s alright!” Dylan stopped her. “Come on in. You’ll get sick out in the cold. Have some tea with us.”

So Dylan and Lyra brought her inside. Lyra gave her some of her mother’s old clothes, and after the older woman had dried up and changed, they all had tea together.

“I’m Marlene,” the old woman told Lyra and Dylan, who had discussed hiring her as a maid back in the kitchen. She seemed fine, and Lyra needed help with the house chores.

“Thank you for the tea,” said Marlene. “I really needed it.”

“So you said you came here looking for work?” asked Lyra. “Would you like to work for...