I looked at the shelves in the supermarket and felt tears burning under my eyelids. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/44fee2/620x0/1/0/2025/03/07/aiqxxc19g2ooOoOtxxxxinxbdsujvkqq5rr8fbxmctb.jpg.jpg" alt = "mother and son @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (165,155,150,1)" > < p > I kept the cheapest bread and milk in my hand. My child needed more, but the wallet m & oacute; was different.

< p > I sighed.

< p > — Mom, and I can ? — He asked softly M&P; Oacute; J son, indicating yogurt, which I used to buy him without thinking.

< p > I felt a prick in my heart.

< p > — Maybe next time, honey & mdash; I forced a smile, putting the product to the place.

< p > I knew that & next time & rdquo; These are just empty words.

< p > and then I saw them.

< p > m & oacute; j ex -husband and his new wife.

< p > elegant, fragrant with expensive perfumes, pushed into & oacute; zek filled to the brim with the best food.

< p > — Maybe we will take these shrimps ? — she threw and he just smiled.

< p > He had money. He had a house, cars, life, about which we once dreamed together.

< p > A I ?

< p > I was counting every penny, wondering if it is enough for us for the next week.

< p > noticed me.

< p > for a second our eyes met.

< p > smiled slightly & ndash; as if he wanted to show me how well he is doing well.

< p > how much he won.

< p > When I left the store, M & oacute; j son grabbed my hand.

< p > — Mom, we'll buy this yogurt ?

< p > I swallowed in my throat.

< p > — Of course, treasures.

< p > I didn't know when.

< p > but I had to believe it.

< p > for him.

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