– Good morning, wake up!
My mother quietly came into my room and patted my head.
– You’re so grown up now. Happy birthday, son.
Mom hugged him tightly and handed him a small box.
– Thank you, – I kissed my mother back and she went to the kitchen.
Today I turned 17 years old. I quickly ripped open the package and saw a new phone. I could only dream of such a phone. Two weeks ago I lost mine, and in our society it is quite difficult to be without communication and without access to the Internet. Now I just had to restore all the lost numbers.
– Your grandmother called – my mother said – she called your old number and said she couldn’t get through. Call her back.
– Okay, just a minute.
Turning on the phone and inserting the card, I started dialing my grandmother’s number from memory, I could not remember exactly the last four digits, but still the call went through
The old lady lived in a small house on the edge of the village.
– I have already lived 80 years, about 10 years ago, I buried my husband. A year later, the catastrophe took my daughter, son-in-law and grandson, – the grandmother often said to herself, – and for what I continue to live. Who needs me in this world? I have no family or relatives. Neighbors all unanimously advise me to move to the city, my daughter left me a spacious three-room apartment. And what will I do there? Sit and look at people from the balcony? And here I have a farm and fresh air.
The phone rang on the table. An old gift from my daughter. She always charged the phone, although she had no one to call anymore. Here is some completely unknown number calling.
– Hello…
– Grandma, hi! – a voice in the phone said, – I’m sorry I haven’t called you for almost a month. This is my new number now, you can call me on it. Mom told me to call you because you started to worry about me.
The old lady could not believe what she heard, she sat down on the couch, and something began to squeeze in her heart.
– Granddaughter, is that you? – the grandmother whispered.
– Yes, it’s me, and who else could it be? – the voice continued to sound.
– Grandma, forgive me for not visiting you for a long time. All the time some new cases appear.
– How are you?” – the woman was already sobbing into the phone, – I’ve been planning to visit you for a long time, but it seems it’s not time yet.
– Grandma, stop crying, I will have exams soon. As soon as I pass everything, I’ll come to you for the holidays. I missed your fragrant pies. You hang in there and take care of yourself.
– Thank you for calling me. If you get a chance, call me again.
– Grandma, why are you in such a bad mood? Do you want me to call you every day?
– How are your parents?
– They’re in heaven. They’re fine. Okay, Grandma, I have to run. I’ll call you tomorrow, goodbye.
Short beeps sounded in the receiver. The woman stood up and approached the icon. She crossed herself and decided to pray. A spark and hope appeared in her eyes again.
The guy put the phone down. “Grandma was very strange today, she didn’t even congratulate me on my birthday, she just cried into the phone. The exams flew by unnoticed. Every evening the guy called his grandmother and told her about everything that happened in his life. He told her about his graduation party. Grandma, who once loved to teach and give advice, for some reason only kept silent and sighed softly.
– Mom, I’m home!” – the boy came into the kitchen, where his mother was standing.
– We all understand that you had a lot of your own personal affairs, exams and graduation, but you can call your grandmother. She’s the only one we have left!
– I do not understand anything. I call her every night. Let me call her in front of you and we’ll figure it out. The boy dialed his grandmother’s number.
– Hello? Hello, can you explain to me why you say that I don’t call you at all?
– I’m sorry. I realized on the third day that you just dialed the wrong number. But I did not find the strength to tell you the truth. I didn’t want to give up such happiness.
A week later, my grandmother was cooking. And the guy with his family was going to the village to meet her.
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