Cab driver picked up this little girl, and 5 minutes later, he realized that she needed help!

Uncovering a Heartbreaking Past

All this time Walter was trying to figure out what had happened to the girl and her grandmother. The man turned to the police who he told all the details of the evening when he found Hannah by the side of the road.

During the investigation, it turned out that Hannah’s grandmother, Oprah Patterson, was the one responsible for raising the girl. Hannah’s parents had a gambling problem.

They didn’t have jobs and could disappear for days on end, spending more time with the slot machines than with their own daughter. Because of this, all the family money was spent on alcohol and to pay off numerous debts which increased rapidly.

Despite having health problems, Oprah Patterson gave all her love and attention to her little granddaughter up until her last breath. The unfortunate old lady was very sad that she had raised such an ungrateful daughter.

Her daughter didn’t seem to care about anything except for alcohol and gambling. Since Hannah’s parents didn’t have a permanent place of residence, they often stayed at Mrs. Patterson’s house.

Her life was full of problems and worries even without them. Meanwhile, Brenda Patterson wasn’t the least bit worried about the fate of her five-year-old daughter who was living from hand to mouth with her sick grandmother.

This arrangement couldn’t last forever and so one day Oprah Patterson had a heart attack. Complaining of chest pain, the old woman called an ambulance with her last strength and lost consciousness.

Little Hannah sat next to the motionless grandmother and cried all this time. Mrs. Patterson’s daughter was in the next room but she didn’t even come out when the paramedics arrived.

A Homeless Man’s Kindness

When they took her grandmother to the hospital, Hannah realized that she couldn’t stay in one house with her alcoholic mother and her friends. And the girl’s father was already serving the second year of his sentence in the state county jail by this time.

Hannah left the house late in the evening when her mother was drunk and sleeping on the sofa in the living room. The girl walked slowly down the street not knowing where to go.

There were very few passersby at this time of the day so there was no one to help her. At some point, Hannah approached an old building.

Its dilapidated walls and broken windows suggested that no one lived there for a long time. The girl’s attention was attracted by the light coming from the basement of the house.

Hannah came closer and, having stumbled on broken steps, fell down. Fortunately, the girl didn’t have time to seriously injure herself as the man who lived in the basement caught her in time.

Upon seeing his clothes, Hannah realized that he was homeless. Despite his appearance, the man was nice and treated the girl to a sandwich and even gave her some tea.

When the homeless man noticed that Hannah had badly hurt her hand when she fell, he couldn’t help but feel sorry for the girl and began to cry softly. When the girl warmed up a bit, the man wrote the very note that Walter Goldman read when he met the girl.

It’s hard to say how exactly the homeless man understood what Hannah needed. Maybe people in difficult situations understand each other without words or maybe the girl managed to explain what she needed using gestures.

Whatever it was, with the note in her hands, little Hannah went to look for her grandmother without even the slightest hesitation.

A Forever Home for Hannah

Having learned the story of the girl he saved, the cab driver Walter Goldman couldn’t hold back his tears. He couldn’t understand how Hannah’s own mother could treat her daughter so inhumanely.

Having told his wife everything, Walter looked inquiringly into her eyes.

“Yes, I know what you want to ask dear. I was thinking the same thing.”

Miranda said wiping away a tear that was flowing down her face.

“After all, we aren’t that old yet. You want to get custody over Hannah, am I right?”

She asked.

Having gotten yet another proof of the perfect understanding between him and his wife, Walter hugged her and kissed her tenderly. It should be said that the Goodmans did just as they intended.

They got the approval of the social services to adopt Hannah. A few months later, Hannah was already playing happily with Mr. Goldman’s grandchildren who quickly accepted the little girl.

Of course, it was hard for Miranda and Walter to figure out their relationship with Hannah. Who were they, a father and a mother or maybe grandparents?

One thing they did know for sure: they would love Hannah until their very last breath. After all, the Goldmans have already believed that a happy family is one that is full of cheerful children’s laughter.