No good deed goes unpunished. It’s a phrase that sounds counterintuitive, but Sarah Darling is all too familiar with this type of irony. When the Kansas City, Mo. resident dropped a donation in the cup belonging to a homeless man – who will later become her hero – she also dropped in her diamond and platinum engagement ring.
Billy Ray Harris immediately thought the ring was a fake until he took it to a jeweler who offered to give him $4,00o on the spot. Harris declined because his grandfather raised him honest. “I’m no saint, but I am no devil either,” he says during an interview with today.com.