When Steve’s mother fell ill, he begged Mr. Jones for money for her surgery, but the older man refused as he was already cranky that day. Years later, the roles were reversed when Steve became a surgeon, and Mr. Jones couldn’t believe what the younger man did.
Mr. Sebastian Jones had just discovered that his daughter, Zoe, was pregnant at 17. He was livid at his daughter for doing something so stupid, mainly because everyone in Fort Worth, Texas, respected their family so much.
“You are not leaving this house until the birth of that baby, and you’re giving it up for adoption! Do you understand, young lady?” the older man yelled at his daughter. She scowled at him and stomped up to her room with his wife following behind.
Mr. Jones would regret not helping Zoe’s friend years later. | Source: Shutterstock
Mr. Jones ran his hand through his graying hair in frustration. She’s an educated young lady. Why was she so stupid? he thought angrily. But his inner musings stopped when the doorbell rang. He hoped it was not the baby daddy or Mr. Jones might do something drastic.
“Oh, hello, Steve. What are you doing here?” Mr. Jones greeted Zoe’s classmate, who stood just outside the door. “Zoe can’t see you right now. She’s busy.”
“Hello, Mr. Jones,” Steve began. “I was hoping to speak to you, sir. It’ll only take a second.”
“Ugh…I don’t have a lot of time today,” Mr. Jones said. He was not in the mood to entertain anyone after what his daughter had revealed.
“I’ll be quick, sir. My mother is at the hospital right now. The doctors said she has a heart condition and needs immediate surgery. But my family is not wealthy at all. I was hoping….” Steve explained before Mr. Jones interrupted him.
“You came here to ask for money?” the older man asked almost angrily. Mr. Jones was usually generous, as he was raised with extreme wealth and his mother taught him to give back. But today was not a good day to ask anything of him.
Steve studied hard to become a doctor. | Source: Pexels
“Yes, sir. I hoped—”
“Get out of my front porch and never come back!” Mr. Jones screamed at Steve. The teenager tried to plead his case, but the older man threatened to call the cops, so he left.
A few days later, Steve’s mother died. The family couldn’t...
