I sat at the table, nervously tapping my nails on the countertop. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/26764d/620x0/1/0/2025/03/13/abc26wkmmptnhmpjwgdoSjrk3Amf6S8RRT8EF8A.jpg" alt = "old lady @pexels" Style = "background-color: rgba (156,114,96,1)" > < p > — Grandma, we must talk.

< p > An older woman looked at me from the eyeglass & oacute; w. There was no fear in her eyes, there was no request.

< p > There was only silence.

< p > — You know that a child will be born soon — I started carefully.

< p > — I know.

< p > silence was long and heavy.

< p > — We have nowhere to live & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; I said quietly.

< p > — You have a place to live — She interrupted me sharply. & Amp; MDASH; You have this house.

< p > — This is TW & AMP; J DOM & AMP; MDASH; I sighed. & Amp; MDASH; And we can't live in one baby room.

< p > — This is your problem, not m & oacute; j.

< p > m & oacute; Jeusus < p > — Grandma & Hellip; You know that it is not that we want to throw you away.

< P >& Amp; MDASH; So for what ? — Her eyes flashed.

< p > — That we need space. That you need care.

< p > — I have care.

< p > — But I can't take care of you and look after the child at the same time!

< p > — You don't have to — shrugged.

< p > was adamant.

< p > The truth was that the house belonged to her.

< p > We were here only here.

< p > We could not afford to rent.

< p > We had no way to go p & oacute;

< p > a grandmother ?

< p > It was getting older. She forgot more and more, more and more often needed help.

< p > I couldn't take care of it when I was about to give birth in a moment.

< p > — The nursing home is not a prison, grandmother — I finally said.

< p > looked at me as if I had betrayed her in the worst possible way & oacute; b.

< p > — You want to give me back there to have more space ?

< p > — I want you to be safe!

< p > — You lie — Discovered.

Her face was stone and her eyes full b & oacute; lu.

< p > — I don't want to go there.

< p > I couldn't force her.

< p > but I could make a decision.

< p > about yourself.

< p > about your family.

~ P > Week p & oacute; we found a cheap studio.

< p > It was small, tight, we barely fit in it & Żeczko.

< p > but it was our place.

< p > When we moved out, grandmother did not leave the room.

< p > did not say goodbye.

< p > did not say a word.

< p > and I didn't know if it would ever forgive me.

< p > Will I ever forgive me.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116