For the first time, I saw real fear in her.
I am not afraid of my grandson.
Fear of oneself.
‘Something went wrong,’ she said with dry lips. ‘She… she’s not doing anything. She’s staying home.’
I almost had to laugh.
But the pain only caused breathing problems.
For how many months has he told everyone that his son was supporting a lazy wife?
How often have you repeated in my presence that only people who don’t work have beautiful hands?
How often have I looked at my things, my books, my posture as if it were a suspicious deception.
And yet they did not try to find out the truth.
The humiliating version was enough for her.
Because it was more convenient.
‘The patient has a wound on her face,’ said the nurse. ‘And a recent stitch. Take the baby out immediately.’
This time, Galina Petrovna had to give Leo away at the altar.
When they laid the baby next to me, I cried for the first time in all that time.
It is not a pretty sight.
He is not calm.
How they weep for the delayed horror.
When everything could have turned out differently.
A few minutes later, the head of department and the researcher on duty were already in the room.
The police were officially notified.
A request was immediately made to install cameras in the hallway.
The nurse has made a statement.
The nurse too.
It turned out that Galina Petrovna had not entered the apartment alone.
Veronica actually came along with her.
I was in the car close to the emergency room.
With an empty child car seat on the back seat.
When I heard this, a wave of cold overwhelmed me again.
So it was not an impulsive action.
It is not a family scene.
It is not hysteria.
They got ready.
The documents were fake, but they were carefully crafted.
With the seals of a private notary.
With language intended to instill fear.
In a woman after surgery.
At the weak point.
About his loneliness.
They asked me to call my husband.
I closed my eyes.
This phone call made me almost as scared as what happened.
