I Paid for Baby Formula for a Struggling Mom of Three – the Next Day, a Soldier Knocked on My Door

Behind me, I heard the muttering start.

“Oh my God, seriously?” a woman hissed. “Three kids and she can’t even afford formula?”

A man in a business suit shook his head. “How irresponsible can you be?

Did you think about this before having three?”

“Count faster!” someone snapped. “Some of us have actual jobs!”

Allison’s face went pale. She fumbled with the coins, dropping one.

It rolled across the floor.

“I’m sorry,” she whispered. “I just need…”

“You need to get out of line if you can’t pay,” the woman behind me yelled. “Stop wasting everyone’s time.”

I felt something crack open inside me.

“I’ll cover it,” I said.

Everyone went quiet.

Allison turned to look at me, her eyes wide and wet.

“You… really?”

I nodded and stepped forward, handing my card to the cashier.

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