A Miracle on Hope Street: The most heartwarming Christmas romance of 2018!

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‘Please hurry up,’ I mumble as I shuffle. ‘Please, Ally.’

Seconds feel like minutes, minutes feel like hours. That’s it, I can’t stand here any longer. It’s too cold and I’m too worried to wait so I take out my purse from my bag and decide to hail a cab, unable to wait even though I know she can’t be far. With a £20 note clutched in my freezing hand I reach out to try and get the attention of a passing driver but he whizzes by, oblivious to my desperation.

‘Stop! Stop, please stop! Please, I’m begging you!’

‘It is you, isn’t it? From the newspaper?’

I look around to see a man huddled on the pavement against the cinema wall in a thick maroon blanket calling me, his dark eyes just about visible under a woolly green hat and an overgrown fringe and beard. He sits on what looks like a damp sleeping bag and I wince at how cold he must be. Then the beep of a horn alerts me and when I look towards the street again, I see the beam of lights from Ally’s car at long last.

‘Thank you, God! Here,’ I say to the man, handing him the £20 I had taken out for the taxi and another I pull from my purse. ‘It’s not much, but find a warm meal somewhere. You must be freezing, poor thing.’

He takes the money and my hand brushes his red, ice-cold fingers and we lock eyes for a split second.

‘You got bad news?’ he asks and I realise that I’m crying, then I’m thrust back to reality and I rush away as Ally beeps the horn.

‘You’re an angel!’ he calls after me as I get in to my sister’s car. ‘God bless you tonight. Thank you! Thank you so much!’

I look back to see him examine the money in disbelief, and then he catches my eye with his smile as we drive away from Hope Street.

I really wish I could do more for him right now but I need to get to the hospital. I need to see my dad before it’s too late.

But when we get to the hospital, we are just that. Our darling daddy is gone forever.