After his mother died, the boy lived in an orphanage. Then one day, he saw a familiar face at the ..

and he stared out the window at the rain pounding outside today he was completely determined to run he wanted to run to where his mother was waiting for him as his childish imagination told him seven-year-old Andy remembered his early childhood poorly or rather he remembered almost nothing except the gripping fear of every moment of his little life he was frightened then Andy's greatest fear was his father who was always drunk and would come into the house at any time and have a Rowdy party with his buddies and then start chasing him and his mother around

the apartment at such moments his father would turn into a real Beast and encouraged by his drinking buddies he would offer severely beat his mother who did not serve the table diligently enough Andy's mother was a quiet and kind woman for as long as the boy could remember she had always tried to protect her son from his father and for that she received double the beatings his mother loved him very much she always read him fairy tales before he went to bed once for his birthday his mother gave him a box of Tin Soldiers Andy

had seen such soldiers that are friends in kindergarten and after that he begged his mother to buy him the same the boy was happy to get the long-awaited gift but his father came in the evening and he did not really like the gift hastily having a couple of shots with his friends he started yelling at his mother for a waste of money and neither her entreaties nor her reminders about the birthday son helped but the man went crazy and attacked her no one knows how it would have ended if one of the scoundrel's Buddies hadn't

managed to drag him away from her we don't want you to go to jail over nonsense the Buddies decided and they went back to drinking alcohol then for the first time his mother took Andy out of the house and took him to the train station there he could get lost in the harassment among the motley crowd and even sleep on the uncomfortable wooden benches until morning along with the announcement of the arrival of the fast train passed the earlier childhood of the boy and with the announcement came his Misfortune as well that day his father

again raised his hand against his mother she somehow washed the blood off pushed her son out of the apartment and together they ran to the train station on the way the mother was very tired and asked Andy not to hurry but he remembered his father's angry face and on the contrary rushed like a wild animal on reaching the waiting room the boy immediately rushed to an empty bench and spent a long time looking for his mother in the crowd when she came for some reason she did not sit down but lay her head on his

lap and Andy hugged her he let her rest his father had been especially cruel today the boy listened to the announcements of the coming and going trains and then a police patrol approached them in vain the man in uniform tried to wake the soundly asleep woman she did not wake up only her hanging arm twitched involuntarily when they shook her by the shoulder then the commotion began an ambulance arrived the boy shouted at the policeman and asked him to leave him and his mother alone but they covered her with a sheet and took her away

in an unknown Direction they explained to Andy that they would put his mom in the hospital because she would sleep better there while he would live in a special home with a lot of good kids that is how the boy ended up in the orphanage the children there were very bad they bullied him and took away the juice and cookies they were occasionally given in the dining room and he tried not to pay attention to the little things as if he hidden himself and waited for his mother he was waiting for her to come and

take him home to his toys his storybooks on the shelf and his little soldier even though his father was always drunk and angry it was his home and the boy missed it very much days went by but his mother never showed up and one day the nurse furtively put an apple into the boy's hands and said quietly don't wait for her your mother died at the station and your father was put in jail you are an adult accept this reality and move on with your life but Andy did not believe the evil nurse and he

cried all night he was convinced that these people didn't tell his mother where he was on purpose and that's why his mother just couldn't fight him two years have passed since then almost all memories have been raised from the child's memory as time passed he even began to forget his mother's face but in his soul he kept believing that his mother was looking for him one day and he dreamed of one of her phrases if you are lost and don't know what to do just go back to your previous place and wait there they will

definitely find you the boy woke up happy surely his mother is waiting for him in the waiting room on the bench why hadn't he realized it right away ever since that day he had been dreaming of escape and on that rainy day in March everything worked out just fine the orphanage was expecting a guard to go to the laundry so they left the door to the Outhouse and locked and the hidden among the laundry bags managed to get out and then ran like a horse chased by dogs he ran as fast as he could trying

to get away from that terrible place and when his mind was a little clearer he stopped and almost cried he didn't know which way the train station was and help came from nowhere a curious old lady came up to the boy crying at the bus stop you must be lost huh she asked concernedly and when she found out that the boy needed to get to the train station she pushed him toward the approaching bus this bus goes to the station I'll get off the bus and the next stop will be yours at the right stop

and he cheerfully jumped off the step and ran towards the station building in the distance his heart was pounding as if it were about to jump out of his chest very soon he would see his mother Michelle a young woman in her 30s was also walking toward the train station on trembling legs today the owner of the market stall where she worked as a seller carried out his threat and fired her no he did not even fire her but threw her out screaming the nastiest words behind her back Michelle drank a lot so there was

always a shortage and a lack of good in a stall because she needed the money to buy booze so now she was walking away muttering under her nose screw you I don't want such a life anymore I can't take it anymore her legs brought the woman to the railroad tracks it was better to cut off her suffering immediately than to slowly sink to the bottom and she was not always a hard Drinker three years ago Michelle was married to a well-known businessman and had a son Harry was her long-awaited child it was her life her

heart and her son but only in fairy tales can happen is to be Universal and infinite life is actually cruel gloomy and evil life took away Michelle's mind her beloved husband and her adored son it was Harry's birthday that day and his mother went to the cafe in advance to prepare the tables for the little ones invited they agreed that her husband would bring the birthday boy himself he took their son to the art school but the party did not take place she no longer remembered who had a call to inform her about the explosion

in the parking lot outside the school she did not remember how she got home afterward she remembered almost nothing of that time her memory was like wiping out all the memories with an eraser and then her Consciousness returned and she was looking with hatred into the smug faces of her husband's partners she had given them the business herself and kept thinking whose sick fantasy could have set up such a tragedy then alcohol came firmly into her life when she was drunk it was easier to come to terms with reality and endure another long joyless day

Michelle staggered out onto the platform soon her torment would be over it would happen very soon the woman looked around all the railway tracks were empty she turned her head perplexedly how could it be and then her gaze fell on the open doors of the waiting room Michelle perked up it's okay she will wait for her train and drink some more before the trip for courage smiling at her thoughts the woman slowly made her way to the cafeteria drinking a shot for her health she looked around she needed somewhere to sit until the departure of

the express train there it was announcing its arrival on the first track and he flew up the steps to the waiting room and froze all his confidence that he would meet his mother had somehow disappeared and he left with only fear and Terror that his Escape was in vain and his mother was not there the boy even clenched his fists in his pockets that's how hard it was for him to overcome the last few steps to the goal and yet he made up his mind stepped over the threshold and froze suddenly he was overwhelmed by

the long forgotten sounds and smells that were very typical of all the train stations in the world boy turned his head impatiently he did not immediately see his mother and he rushed to her amidst the bustle of the train station the woman was sitting with her eyes covered she was sitting in her usual spot she sat where they parted two years ago she was a little tired from the search so she decided to take a nap while she patiently waited drunk Michelle didn't even immediately wake up when a boy's shriek broke into her anxious sleep

mommy I'm back wake up I'm here unaware of what she was doing Michelle pulled the boy to her and hugged him as hard as she could my little Sonny Boy she wailed unable to open her eyes they hugged each other tightly and both cried out loud if Andy was absolutely sure that he had found his mother Michelle began to realize that she was hugging a completely strange child but she could not find the strength to release her Embrace her exhausted Soul was suddenly overwhelmed with such joy that she buried her nose in his wavy hair

and listened to the confused story of his misadvantures due to the stress he had experienced her mind suddenly began to clear wait the boy said he had no one but he was sure he had found his mother Michelle slowly pulled away fearing to scare away the unexpected happiness let's go home son she suggested affectionately and when he nodded happily she hesitantly Rose from the bench all the way she held a child's hand tightly so she wouldn't lose her sense of joy and peace I and when Andy didn't recognize his own he panicked she did not

want to let the boy go so she had to make up a story about the move and the boys smile tensely following her up the stairs he suddenly thought that he did not remember his mother's face and he almost cried what if he was mistaken what if it was some unknown woman only when Michelle opened the door to the playroom did Andy laugh happily he was not mistaken in the most prominent place in the playroom was a box of toy soldiers they were his toy soldiers 20 years had flashed by like a day for Michelle

and then today an elegantly dressed lady drove to the front door of the entrance the woman unhurriedly clattered her high heels to the second floor and adjusted her stylish jacket over her shoulders it was Dusky and quiet in the hallway she went into the playroom and stopped at the threshold Andy had grown up and from today on he would live with his young wife in their new apartment Michelle was a little sad although the wedding was a remarkably merry occasion and joyfully approaching the Shelf she fondly stroked a box of soldiers that had changed her

life abruptly then for the sake of this baby she managed to reverse her fate and found the strength to live and work again to adopt a child the woman leaned her forehead against the picture frame next to the seven-year-old boy and sobbed thank you my son thank you for giving me life