I was the 12 year old kid that accepted a ride from strangers at the mall.

I was a kid growing up in a poor area, my mother used to leave me at the mall alone at a age I would not disclose here, and she would come and pick me up a couple hours later, I was not allowed to leave the mall or accept rides from anyone. One day at age 12 I got lost at the mall for about 30 minutes until I accepted a ride from a father and son and they drove me across town and dropped me off in a neighborhood, I never told anyone about this until years later, it has stuck in my mind to this day and I sometimes wonder what would have happened to me if they didn’t drop me off in a neighborhood.