Here's how it happens ...

This story happened to my sister's good friend. Her name is Anya. It so happened that her husband died early and she alone raised two children. She worked at the plant, in harmful production and at the age of 50 retired. And then at this time she met a man in whom she, she thought, fell in love. And maybe it did not seem so. He was attentive, friendly and with a sense of humor.

The man had two adult children who already have their own families. He was a businessman, not the coolest, but his business gave him a steady income. He lived in a cottage, in a prestigious district of the city, alone. His sons, each had a large good apartment, a job that allows them to live comfortably. And my father, if necessary, always helped. And this man, let's call him Andrei, began to meet with Anya. And they all worked out well, they met, as young people went for walks in the evening city, at the cinema, went on picnics, on excursions.

And finally Andrew suggested that Ana live with him in his cottage. She agreed. Left her two-bedroom apartment with her daughter-in-law and moved to her beloved man. And everything would be wonderful, if not for his children, who met such an event with hostility. They came to visit, at every opportunity, tried to humiliate Anya, to let her know that she should not be with their father. They talked nasty things about her father. The sons could be understood. They were afraid of losing their inheritance. Over time, the relationship between father and sons became worse and worse.

And Anya was waiting for her when she made an offer. She started to talk about this topic herself. So they lived two years. And then Andrei suffered a stroke. He could not move, speech was taken away. Sons continued to come sometimes, but Ana did not even try to help her father. They told her that this she had brought him, she was to blame for everything and let her take care now. She did not intend to leave the patient, although she understood that in the future she would not expect anything good. Her conscience did not allow her to leave. For three years she was courting Andrei. Everyone who had to take care of a lying, seriously ill person, imagines how difficult it was for her. And then he died. When Anya returned after the funeral to the cottage, her bag with things and documents was lonely on the porch. And the castle in the cottage was already replaced. There was not among the things neither the expensive fur coat that Andrey presented to her, no jewelry, no more or less decent things, only panties, bras and a few blouses and jumpers. She had no choice but to return to her former apartment, in which she was registered. But the daughter and her son-in-law did not greet her kindly. It was made clear that she was not welcome. Anya suffered for several months, and then went to the village where she was born, to her lonely sister. So they lived together, two elderly women.

Such sad stories often happen in life. But this story has a good ending. Two years later, after Anya moved to live with her sister, they had a meeting of graduates. One of the classmates found themselves active and collected, already pretty dilapidated class. And among the classmates she met her first school love. He lived in Moscow, was alone. And of course I was very happy to see Anya. Do I have to write that they are now together. And so everything is clear. I recently asked my friend how Anya is doing. She is all right, She married her classmate. Together with him traveled half the country, visited abroad. And they come to their homeland every year and necessarily come to the place where they met after almost 40 years of separation.