Without much hesitation, Mr. Watson agreed right away.

He took me out and rented a place for us to live together.

Days passed, and my parents still hadn’t noticed that I had run away from home. To them, I was probably irrelevant—just a burden.

But Mr. Watson was so good to me. He made me hot meals every day and often bought me all kinds of clothes.

“Aurora, you’re a treasure. What did I do to deserve meeting someone as extraordinary ...