A few months later, while waiting for the bus, the mother approached him. She was holding her now-healthy son. Tears in her eyes, she sincerely apologized, admitting she had panicked that day. Thomas simply replied:

“Take good care of him. Never leave him alone again.”

A year passed. One morning, Thomas received a colorful letter, drawn in crayon. It was from little Léo, the boy he had saved. A simple child’s message:

“Thank you for saving my life.”

Holding the letter in his hands, Thomas smiled. A real smile, deep and quiet — the smile of a man whose brave act had changed a life.