Chapter 154

“Lady in Red is now committed to funding a homeless shelter in Washington D.C.” began Gwen. “Ashley set this up when she met the homeless man that helped me out of the river Thursday. I know that we usually discuss these things first, but Ashley was concerned about the mental health of the man and his little girl. She found out that he was a very successful stock broker until his wife was diagnosed with uterine cancer. He leveraged everything he had to try to find a cure. He took her to Mexico and then Hong Kong, hoping that alternative treatments might help. Sadly, she died last spring and he lost everything he had. He was finally evicted from his home just before Christmas and has been living day to day, sometimes being put up by friends and sometimes sleeping outside, with his six year old daughter. You might ask why a smart, successful guy would wind up on the street, but while his wife was dying, and after she died, he was an emotional wreck. He just gave up until he finally re