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Good samaritan or asking for trouble

A few days ago, when temperatures were below zero, I was approached by an elderly woman in the local Walgreens asking for a ride home.  She said she couldn't get a cab, and had come from her Doctors office to pick up medication for a physical injury.  She lived in Deerfield and it was on my way.   I briefly took time to assess the facts.  She was moving slowly , no one else was around , it was the middle of the day.   Well, the good in me prevailed.
I told her to wait inside while I got the car. ( put my personals in the trunk)  I helped her get in and had to help her with the seat belt.   We had a lovely  conversation on the way to her home.  I watched her open the garage and go inside. 
While it felt good to help someone in need, my husband  was livid.   How dare I endanger myself ( mom of two young children)  with a stranger.   What would you have done?

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