My name is Tatiana. I am forty years old. I live in a village, fifty kilometers from the district center. Once I had a full family, but a few years ago I was widowed. My son, Michael, was only ten years old at the time. I had to raise him all alone. I did everything I could to raise my child to be kind and decent, and this is what it led to.
After ninth grade, Michael entered a construction college in the district center. He lived there now, he came home only on weekends, and not every weekend. My boy studied well, but in his personal life, as it turned out, he made a mess…
After my son finished his second course, as usual he had to come home to his village for the vacations, but he got held up. Michael came suddenly, two weeks after graduation and not alone. When I opened my son’s door in the early summer morning, I thought I was still awake and dreaming. Michael was holding an envelope with a newborn baby in it.
– Meet, Mom, this is Victoria!
– What do you mean? Whose baby is it, son?
– Mine… I’m sorry, Mom, I couldn’t leave her at the maternity hospital…
I felt like I was dreaming and I was still dreaming. I closed my eyes, shook my head a few times, and pinched myself, just in case. When I opened my eyes, I saw the same thing: my son was holding my daughter tenderly in his arms and kissing her tiny nose.
– Dim, can you tell me what happened and where did you get this girl?
– I will, of course…
The son began his story. Immediately after entering the technical school, he met Susan. She was in a different group and Michael liked her. Susan immediately seemed to his son to be something special, she did not have fancy clothes and bright makeup like the other girls. Soon Michael found out that this girl was from the orphanage. After a while they started dating. And then the son left for summer vacation…
When Michael came back in September, he found out that his girlfriend almost committed suicide, she was afraid that he left her. And then, as proof of true love, Michael and Susan began a real, adult relationship that soon turned into a pregnancy.
Michael was afraid to admit to me that he was going to get married. He and Susan decided to wait until they were both eighteen to get married without asking. The baby was supposed to be born in early June, just before the vacations. But the unexpected happened: Susan died during the delivery… It turned out that she had a heart defect and it was contraindicated for her to give birth.
Michael had to do the impossible to get his daughter. He literally spent the night under the windows of the maternity hospital and made sure that the baby was not sent to a nursery, but was given to him. The director took pity on the unfortunate guy and helped register the child in his name.
After hearing this sad story, I had no choice but to accept my granddaughter. Michael transferred to a correspondence course, and started working in his village on a farm. He loves his daughter very much and takes care of her. I think he sees in her the features of the girl he loves… That’s how decent my son grew up.
