“How did you manage to end up in such a mess, you silly girl? Who’s going to want you now with a child on the way? And how do you plan to raise it? Don’t count on me for help. I raised you, and now your child too? I don’t need you here. Pack your bags and get out of my house!”
Anna listened silently, keeping her head down. Her last hope that Aunt Helen might let her stay, even just until she found a job, disappeared before her eyes.
“If only mother was alive…”
Anna never knew her father, and her mother was hit by a drunk driver at a crossing about fifteen years ago. Social services were just about to send the young girl to an orphanage when a distant relative, a cousin of her mother’s, surprisingly appeared and took her in, her steady job and own house making the guardianship arrangement smooth.
Aunt Helen lived on the outskirts of a southern border town, lush and hot in summer, rainy in winter. Anna was always well-fed, nicely dressed, and accustomed to hard work. With a house, yard, and small livestock, there was always plenty to do. Perhaps she lacked a mother’s warmth and affection, but who cared about that?
Anna did well in school and after graduation, she went on to a teacher training college. Those carefree student years flew by quickly, but now they were over, the final exams passed, and she returned to the town that had become her hometown. But this return was not a joyous one.
After her angry outburst, Aunt Helen finally calmed down a bit.
βEnough now, get out of my sight. I don’t want to see you here.”
“Please, Aunt Helen, can I just…”
βNo, Iβve said everything I need to!”
Anna silently picked up her suitcase and stepped out onto the street. Did she imagine she would return like this? Humiliated, rejected, and expecting a childβthough still in the early stagesβbut Anna decided to confess that she was pregnant. She couldnβt and didnβt want to hide it any longer. Watch: [in comment] – Made with AI