Barber Gives Homeless Man Free Shave, What Happens Next Is Shocking

<p>When a barber sees a man with a long&comma; tangled beard on unruly hair enter his shop&comma; he agrees to provide him his services for free after the man says he has no money&period; Little does the barber know that cutting the homeless man&rsquo&semi;s hair would lead him to a shocking truth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andrew was a kind hearted 31 year old man who worked as a barber&period; After graduating high school&comma; he took up his profession because a single mother couldn&rsquo&semi;t afford to send him to college&period; Instead of feeling sad&comma; complaining&comma; or compared his fate with other people&rsquo&semi;s lavish lifestyles&comma; the young boy took his difficult circumstances as a challenge and worked hard towards a better future&period; It had been over a decade since Andrew started cutting people&rsquo&semi;s hair and shaving their beards&period; He had his own barber shop and was making enough money to make ends meet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was a regular day for Andrew&comma; cutting people&rsquo&semi;s hair as one person walked in after the other&period; His shop was a prime location in town&comma; easily accessible to a lot of people&period; As the day progressed&comma; Andrew ensured all his customers walked out of his shop satisfied he was cutting a young boy&rsquo&semi;s hair&period; When everyone&rsquo&semi;s gaze shifted towards the glass doors&comma; a homeless man entered&period; Noticing how some men had started mumbling&comma; andrew looked towards the entrance and saw the man with a long beard and tangled hair reaching his shoulders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His torn&comma; dirty clothes were proof of his difficult life on the streets&period; Standing by the entrance&comma; the man looked at Andrew with a ray of hope sparkling in his eyes&period; He didn&rsquo&semi;t have enough money to get a haircut or buy a razor to shave his beard&period; He&rsquo&semi;d entered the barbershop&comma; hoping someone would help him&period; Please have a seat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andrew smiled at the man&comma; welcoming him inside without saying a word&comma; the homeless man sat on one of the seats in the waiting area&comma; hoping no one would ask him for money&period; Feeling nervous&comma; he fidgeted with his fingers&comma; his gaze locked on the ground&period; A few minutes later&comma; Andrew gestured for the homeless man to sit on the recliner&period; Feeling happy&comma; the man stood up and walked towards the chair&period; I don&rsquo&semi;t have any money to pay for the services&comma; he told Andrew&comma; his voice tinged with embarrassment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&rsquo&semi;s okay&comma; sir&period; Andrew cheered&comma; smiling and leaning towards him&period; Your hair couldn&rsquo&semi;t shave her on me&period; Please let me know if there&rsquo&semi;s anything else you need&period; Shocked by Andrew&rsquo&semi;s offer&comma; the homeless man thanked him and introduced himself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&rsquo&semi;m Jake&period; And you&quest; My name is Andrew&period; I&rsquo&semi;m the boss here&comma; he replied&comma; smiling at Jake&period; You don&rsquo&semi;t have to worry about the payment&comma; okay&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just sit here and let me transform your look&period; Andrew&rsquo&semi;s heartwarming gesture made Jake feel happy&period; He quickly sat in the chair and allowed Andrew to do his magic&comma; resting his head on the headrest as Andrew prepared to shave his beard&period; Carefully gliding the blade on Jake&rsquo&semi;s dry&comma; rough facial skin&comma; andrew shaved his unkempt beard&period; Then he applied a cooling aftershave on Jake&rsquo&semi;s face&comma; allowing him to relax while he grabbed his scissors for the haircut&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wow&period; I love the neatness Andrew&period; Jake slid his fingers across his cheeks&comma; surprised to see his face without a beard&period; After years&comma; he was happy to see how his little efforts could put a smile on a homeless man&rsquo&semi;s face&period; He thrived on such moments of selflessness&comma; where he could help others however he could&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andrew sprayed water on Jake&rsquo&semi;s greasy&comma; uncomed hair and tamed it before grabbing his magic scissors&comma; then began trimming the homeless man&rsquo&semi;s hair inch by inch&comma; until he spotted an unusual&comma; familiar birthmark behind his ear&period; Andrew stopped moving his scissors and held the man&rsquo&semi;s hair with his fingers&comma; trying to figure out why the scar seemed so familiar&period; He looked at it for a few seconds until he recognized the man sitting before him&period; Looking at Jake&rsquo&semi;s face in the mirror&comma; Andrew suddenly felt his head spin&period; He couldn&rsquo&semi;t believe that Jake was someone so closely related to him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The scar reminded him of his childhood memories&comma; the time when he used to play with his father before he left him and his mother for another woman&period; Suddenly&comma; Andrew&rsquo&semi;s vision blacked out&period; Overwhelmed by the shocking realization&comma; he fainted and fell to the ground&comma; grabbing his customers attention&period; Everyone inside the shop jumped to help Andrew&comma; trying to bring him back to his senses&period; A few minutes later&comma; Andrew opened his eyes and saw Jake sitting beside him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His gaze shifted from Jake to the other men in the room&comma; waiting for him to resume working&period; I&rsquo&semi;m so sorry&comma; but I won&rsquo&semi;t be able to take any more appointments today&period; Andrew apologized to everyone except Jake&period; While some of his potential customers got angry&comma; others understood his situation and said they&rsquo&semi;d visit him&period; The following day&comma; everyone except Jake exited the barber shop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Andrew decided to talk to him about the scar&period; This scar on your head reminds me of something&period; I think we&rsquo&semi;re related&comma; Andrew confessed&period; What do you mean&quest; Jake was confused&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I think you&rsquo&semi;re my father&comma; Andrew revealed&comma; scratching his head and his eyebrows arched upwards&period; What&quest; Jake gasped as he began to think about his past&period; After a few moments of silence&comma; he asked andrew&comma; are you Mary&rsquo&semi;s son&quest; Are you really her boy&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yes&period; Andrew nodded&period; Is she she&rsquo&semi;s dead&period; Past a few years after you left us&period; Feeling guilty about his actions&comma; jake apologized to his son for everything that happened in the past&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I don&rsquo&semi;t know what to say&comma; Andrew&period; I know it&rsquo&semi;s difficult for you to forgive me&comma; and I understand your feelings&period; I&rsquo&semi;m happy to know that my son is kind hearted and treats homeless people like me with respect&period; Instead of blaming his father for leaving him and his mother in the past&comma; jake hugged him and said&comma; it&rsquo&semi;s okay&comma; dad&period; It&rsquo&semi;s okay&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&rsquo&semi;m glad fate allowed us to meet&period; I&rsquo&semi;m just so happy to have you back&period; In my life&period; Later that day&comma; Jake told Andrew how he lost his job and ended up on the streets while the young man shared his journey of opening a barbershop&period; Soon&comma; Jake moved in with his son and was delighted to meet his grandchildren&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;