Every time someone lost their keys, people called him.
Every time somebody’s car wouldn’t start, someone shouted:
“Marcus! Get the wire!”
Every time police drove through the neighborhood, someone joked:
“Hide the suitcase!”
Marcus hated every second of it.
But secretly…
He loved the fact that everyone remembered him.
Because sometimes life puts you in ridiculous situations.
Sometimes people misunderstand you.
Sometimes trying to do the right thing makes you look like the worst person alive.
And sometimes…
the only thing you can do is laugh.
Marcus learned one important lesson that week:
Never try to help an old lady open her car while holding a piece of wire.
And if you absolutely have to…
make sure she hasn’t already found her keys.
Because otherwise, you might spend the rest of your life being known as…
the neighborhood’s most suspicious good Samaritan.
