Walter hesitated, terrified he was being detained. But Officer Gray wasn’t taking him to the station.
He drove Walter to a nearby diner and bought him breakfast. Then, he drove him the rest of the way to the client’s house.
They arrived before the rest of the moving crew.
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The homeowner, Jenny Lamy, opened the door to see a police officer and a tired young man standing on her porch.
She thought something terrible had happened.
“This is Walter,” the officer said. “He walked all night to get here to help you move.”
Jenny looked at Walter’s dusty shoes and couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
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