Rich Woman in Tears Runs past Homeless Man and Drops Diamond Ring into His Cup — Story of the Day

A broken-hearted girl drops her valuable engagement ring into a homeless veteran’s begging cup, and it changes her life.

Rachel Farlow was floating on air. She had just become engaged to the man of her dreams, and she was on her way to surprise him with a bottle of champagne and plane tickets for a weekend getaway in Cancun.

Rachel breezed through the doors of her fiancé´s office and greeted his secretary cheerfully. “Hello, Maggy!” she cried. “Just popping in to surprise Tom!” Maggy was on her feet, but Rachel didn’t notice the panic in her eyes, so when she opened the door her world fall apart.

Tom was there, and he wasn’t alone. There was a woman with him, and she wasn’t wearing any clothes. Tom was busy, so busy he didn’t hear the door open, and he only looked up when Rachel cried out his name.

“How could you!” Rachel cried. “I loved you!”

Tom was shoving the naked woman away, pulling up his pants and stumbling towards Rachel. “Babe, please, it’s not what you think…Wait! I love you, I’m sorry…”

But Rachel was slamming the door behind her and running past Maggie and the doorman, running away from the sight of Tom and that woman. Rachel ran until she ran out of breath.

She leaned against the side of a building and covered her face with her hands. And that was when she felt it, the ring. She raised her trembling left hand in front of her face and stared at the glittering 15-carat monstrosity Tom had slipped on her finger just two months before.

“I didn’t even like the ring, Tom!” Rachel cried. “It’s vulgar and ugly…” Rachel started tugging at the ring on her finger and finally got it off. She looked around for a garbage bin, anything.

Then she saw a man sitting in the corner leaning against the wall, a...