Now, now, now, don’t cry. You can’t outrun your destiny on a horse. Yours will not escape from you. And if it does, it means that it was not yours, – the grandmother gently patted her granddaughter on the head.
-Oh, grandma, I love him so much, and he… – the girl sobbed before she finished. She was only eighteen years old.
The boy was her first love. They had been friends since the eighth grade. And yesterday the guy said he fell in love with someone else. At the age of eighteen it is very hard.
The grandmother understood this and tried to comfort her granddaughter. It so happened that when she was little, her parents worked very hard, her grandmother was mainly engaged in the upbringing of her granddaughter. Therefore, she got used to share the most intimate things with her grandmother.
She was the first to come to her, after the boyfriend did not even listen to her, but what she could say.
-Did I ever tell you about my grandfather and me?
-No. – the girl immediately perked up and stopped sniffling.
-“But come on, I’ll pour you some tea, you drink it and I’ll tell you. I was very young when I went to work at the factory. And your grandfather was already a foreman in the shop.
He supervised me at first, taught me, helped. He was so calm, kind, patient, and handsome. I was drawn to him. But I could not look at him, it was uncomfortable. So I sighed for him secretly.
And then one spring he invited me to the cinema. I was so happy. After the movie we went for a walk along the waterfront. We were walking, talking and then he confessed to me that he liked me right away. My heart was pounding.
And he continued, saying that everything is not so simple. His father has strict rules and he has long been engaged to his friend’s daughter. And that the wedding should be soon. The bride is in love with him, but the guy has no heart for her.
But if I have feelings for him in return, he will go against all odds, break the engagement and come what may.
And here I thought about it. After all, not only the bride will be offended, but also the father. It is bad, they will not accept me into the family later anyway. And they will turn away from my son, how will he be then?
I was silent for a minute, and then I said:
“No, I do not like you, I respect you as a mentor, so I agreed to go to the cinema”.
I can’t tell you what sadness was reflected in his eyes. I could not stand it, turned around and went home faster. I cried all night, and in the morning I quit. I could not work with him anymore…
For three years I could not forget my boyfriend. I cried into my pillow at night. Others tried to court me, but I refused them all.
Then one guy started following me. He was good-looking, cheerful. Well, I think he’s a good guy, I’m not going to be alone for a hundred years.
I agreed to marry him. We moved to another city for his work. Three years passed, but I did not fall in love, and I could not stand it.
He turned out to be a completely different person – harsh, something not his style – he shouted, quarreled, and often went out. And somehow I could not stand it. I packed my bags and went back home.
I was going and thinking how to look my parents in the eye, and what people would say?
It was not customary to divorce then, it was a shame. I came out at the station with my suitcase and ran into my boyfriend nose to nose. He was seeing his friend off.
I could not believe my eyes, and he grabbed my hands, he was happy. Then, when we talked, he told me how much he was worried that I had left the plant. But he did not dare to look for me, since I refused him so rudely.
He and his bride got married. But they did not live long, she got weak. In four years she passed away. They had no children either. Only then he decided to look for me. He could not forget.
He found out through my friends that I went with my husband to another city. Well, there was nothing to do. And then this meeting. And I told him about myself. And he told me:
-“You see how fate brought us back together,” and he had a smile on his face.
That’s how it happens. Everything has fallen into place. So many years we lived soul to soul. It’s been two years since he has been gone, and I still feel that he helps and supports me.
We’ll live a little longer. I will babysit your children.
The grandmother smiled at her granddaughter. The girl jumped up and hugged her grandmother tightly.
-Some nonsense, I found something to cry about,- flashed in her head.
