Today’s story teaches us to be attentive, to listen to our intuition, not to leave in trouble those whose lives we can save. See to the end. Flaven Carvalho has been working as a waitress in a small diner in Orlando, Florida for several years. That evening, everything was as usual: there were a lot of people in the bistro, mostly families, who were having fun talking over food. But at one point, the attention of the waitress was attracted by unusual visitors. Their behavior was very strange. The more Flaven watched the couple with the child, the more she had doubts that the loving parents of the little boy were in front of her. Judge for yourself, the visitor ate with an appetite, but did not want to buy food for the child. It’s already very strange what kind of normal parent would do that. I also need to say that it was New Year’s Eve! 
On this holiday, you just need to have fun, eat delicious food and communicate with your family. But this was clearly not the case. The visitor’s refusal to buy food for the child forced the waitress to take a closer look at the strange trio. The adult man and woman looked rather severe, they hardly talked to each other, did not pay attention to the child. The boy looked about 10 years old, he was clearly not at ease. The last doubts about the need to help the child disappeared when the woman noticed bruises on his body. The boy’s face and hands were covered in purple spots, which, apparently, were carefully masked. However, the waitress was still able to see the bruises. Obviously, it was necessary to act, but to do it very carefully. The woman stood behind the man and the woman, and then showed the boy a note. 
The waitress wrote in large letters in it: «Do you need help?». It was necessary to act as carefully as possible so as not to aggravate the situation. But, fortunately, the man and the woman did not notice anything. The boy read the note and nodded slightly. So the woman was convinced that the child was really in trouble. She immediately called the police, saying that there was a strange couple of adults in the cafe with a clearly tortured boy who asked for help. Law enforcement officers immediately went to the scene. All this time, the waitress made sure that the strange visitors did not leave the establishment. In this case, the boy could get into even more trouble. But when the police arrived at the scene, a man and a woman with a child were still at the scene. It turned out that the 11-year-old boy really needed help. 
The child’s stepfather mocked him, depriving him of food for every offense. What the police found out is simply shocking! The boy said that his stepfather hung him with straps in the doorway, the man was a real sadist, it’s scary to imagine what the unfortunate child had to endure at the hands of the tormentor. But an even more shocking discovery for the police was that the baby’s mother knew what was happening to her son. All the bullying took place with her tacit consent! Not only did she not feed the child when the stepfather deprived him of food, but she also did not object to torture. As a result, the sadist was accused of child abuse, the mother was also arrested, blaming neglect of her son. 
This terrible story cannot leave anyone who has a heart indifferent. It’s scary to imagine what else an innocent child would have to go through. The only thing that pleases in this story is the help of the waitress, who did not stay away from what was happening. It’s much easier to give up if something happens to someone than to take bold steps. This woman did not get lost in a difficult situation, which, quite possibly, simply saved the life of the unfortunate boy.