“I don’t even know your first name.” “David, sir.” “Well, David sir, do you know why I decided to do this?”
“No…” “Two reasons. Your mother’s condition was a challenge for me. I like challenges. The second reason was you.
“I-I don’t understand.”What you did was the kind of thing I might have done myself when I was younger.
You showed imagination. Now”—his tone changed—“you said you were going to repay me.
David’s heart sank. “Yes, sir. One day—“How about now?” David swallowed. “Now?”
I’ll make you a deal. Do you know how to drive?” “Yes, sir...
All right. I get tired of driving that big car around. You drive me to work every morning
and pick me up at six or seven o’clock every evening for one year.
At the end of that time, I’ll consider my fee paid....” That was the deal.
David drove Dr. Patterson to the office and back home every day, and in exchange, Dr. Patterson saved the life of David’s mother.
During that year, David learned to revere Dr. Patterson. Despite the doctor’s occasional outbursts of temper,
he was the most selfless man David had ever known. He was heavily involved in charity work and donated his spare time to free clinics.
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