“One Day I’ll Pay You Back. I Promise.” — Fourteen Years After Offering a Hungry Little Girl a Meal, a Black Car Pulled Up and Changed a Street Vendor’s Life Forever

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Then came the hardest year of her life.

Rent on her tiny apartment went up.

Medical bills piled up after hip surgery.

And worst of all, the city rolled out new permit regulations threatening to push several longtime food vendors out — her included.

Margaret fought to hold on.

But by autumn, she was overwhelmed.

One chilly Thursday evening, she sat alone continue reading …