Homeless Man Pretends to Be a Doctor to Win His Beloved Woman’s Heart — Story of the Day

A homeless man is involved in an accident and taken to the hospital where he falls in love with the doctor who cares for him. To win her heart, he pretends to be something he’s not.

The last thing Joseph Kinkaid remembered was a screech of brakes and a dazzling light before a huge force sent him flying. When he opened his eyes, a face was hovering over him, a sweet face.

The face said, “Can you hear me? You’re at St. Catherine’s Hospital. You’ve been in an accident but you’re going to be alright.” Then a gentle hand touched his face. It had been years since anyone had touched him with such kindness.

Joseph’s parents had died in a car accident when he was just fourteen, and two years later, he ran away from foster care and came to Chicago looking for his mother’s younger brother.

He found his uncle and quickly realized the man could hardly care for himself, let alone take on the responsibility of a teen. So Joseph started working odd jobs, sleeping in shelters when he could, on the streets when he couldn’t.

It wasn’t an easy life, especially in the icy Illinois winters, but somehow he survived the pitiless life on the streets for nearly ten years. Joseph had a plan. He’d been saving every cent he’d earned, and whatever it took, he was going to college.

Now he was flat on his back in a hospital, and it felt as if he was badly hurt. There were several people around him, two of them looked like nurses, and they were talking to the sweet-faced woman, calling her ‘doctor.’

Then someone slipped a needle into Joseph and he found himself drifting away. When he woke he was in a hospital bed, on an IV, and surrounded by beeping machines. He tried to sit up.

“Please!” he gasped. “Take this off me!”

A kindly older woman came along, hushing him. “Now then, calm down. You’re safe. The doctor saved your life, you know!”

“The doctor?” Joseph asked. “What is her name?”