Marina was my roommate. The girl looked about eighteen. The young mother handled her newborn daughter skillfully. It was the second day after our birth. We gave birth almost at the same time, with an interval of two hours. It was my second birth and I also had a girl.
– Sveta, look after my Anyutka, my grandmother came to visit me, – Marina addressed me.
– Okay, I’ll look after her. Run to grandma.
Marinka happily ran down to her granny. The new mother was no different from other happy mothers. Her eyes sparkled with happiness. She constantly kissed her newborn daughter Anechka, affectionately calling her sunshine. Everything was wonderful until Marina’s fiancé called her.
– Marina, I couldn’t tell you for a long time, you were pregnant, I was afraid to upset you, but now I’ve decided to…
– Yegor, what happened? – Marina asked fearfully.
– We need to break up. Three months ago I fell in love with someone else.
– Yegor! – Marina screamed into the phone. – What are you saying? We had a daughter, but what about our wedding? You promised that we would soon have a family? – The girl sobbed.
– I just didn’t want to upset you…
The call was cut off. And Marina’s happiness was cut off with it. The girl lay there for half a day, staring at the ceiling, barely paying attention to her daughter. After some time, Marina called her mother and asked her to come. An hour later, Marinka ran to her mother. And about forty minutes later she returned and demanded that the manager be called to her.
– Natalya Sergeyevna, I refuse my daughter! – Marina said dryly.
– What are you saying? What happened? – The doctor asked in bewilderment.
– I have nowhere to take Anya! That’s all. My ex-fiancé has abandoned us. We have a one-room apartment where we live with my mother and stepfather. There is no room for a child there. – The girl explained.
– Marina, you will regret your actions for the rest of your life. This is not a toy, after all. – Natalya Sergeyevna tried to dissuade him somehow.
– I’ve decided everything. I won’t be a single mother! My life has just begun! Take the child away from here and bring her to sign the waiver!
Natalya Sergeevna and other doctors tried to talk to the girl more than once. But all was unsuccessful. The girl stood her ground. Moreover, Marina’s mother was against Marina living in their apartment with her granddaughter.
The next day Marina was discharged. And then the following happened in the maternity hospital: Marina’s grandmother came and demanded that her great-granddaughter be given to her.
– Varvara Semenovna, unfortunately, but by law we cannot give you the child. Unfortunately, you are no longer at the age to provide the child with a full upbringing. And your living space is not suitable for the baby to live in.
Varvara Semenovna turned out to be the only person who cared about Anyutka. She ran to her daughter and granddaughter more than once, with tears in her eyes asking them not to leave little Anyutka. After all, this was their blood. But the mother, like Marina herself, were cold and unyielding.
– How old are you, Mom? If not today, then tomorrow you will depart to another world, and what should we do? We have nowhere to live properly, we get pennies. We barely have enough for food.
– How about I give you my room, you sell it and expand your living space? – Varvara Semyonovna did not calm down.
– Where will you live? – Marina and her mother were surprised.
– I’ll find somewhere. I’ll go to a nursing home. – Varvara Semyonovna agreed to everything, if only they would take Anyuta.
– Okay, enough of this nonsense. We’ll get your place later anyway. You need it, so you take it. – Svetlana, Marina’s mother, answered coldly.
Varvara Semenovna began to be on duty near the maternity hospital every day, hoping to talk to the doctors again. But all attempts ended disappointingly. Then I made up my mind. When my husband came to visit me, I started talking to him about the child. I told him the story that the nurse had told me. At that time, this family caused a lot of fuss in this department.
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– Sasha, what if we take Anyutka to our place? We’ll raise her as our own. And Anya’s great-grandmother will be happy. She’ll visit her and take care of her together with us.
So, there were three children in our family. The eldest son Maksimka, and two daughters Masha and Anya. And also a grandmother appeared in our house, who not only hung out with Anyutka, she accepted all our children as her own. She stopped communicating with her family. When we decided to sell the apartment and buy a house, Varvara Semyonovna also decided to sell her hotel room and added to our housing. Granny now lives with us. At the moment, we are very happy, because we have acquired two wonderful people. Our Anyutka and granny Varya, who have become dear and beloved people to us. We do not talk about Marina and her mother. God will judge them.
