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< p > I sent each payment to Poland. Every month. Regularly. New TV, new ice ice & oacute; new clothes for children, holidays by the sea. I wasn't there, but I was sure that what I was doing made sense.

< p > I was sure & hellip;

< p > When after twenty -five years I was home, I had the impression that I crossed the foreign place.

< P >My children, now adults, looked at me without emotions. There was no joy, tears of emotion, warm greeting.

< p > — Well, now ? — was thrown by Monika, my C & Amp; Oacute; Rka.

< p > — Like this “bdquo; what now & 63 ~ wr & oacute; I was home — I answered softly.

< p > — What house ? — This time Tomek, M & Amp; Oacute; J son. & Amp; MDASH; You have never been here.

I blinked quickly, pr & oacute; bent to stop tears.

< p > — How is ? After all, & hellip; Everything you have is thanks to me & hellip;

< p > — What we have ? — Monika snorted. & Amp; MDASH; We had a mother who was always far away. Kt & oacute; she preferred to work with strangers, instead of being with their own children.

< p > — You don't understand & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; My voice broke down. & Amp; MDASH; I did it for you. That you have a better life.

< p > — And how do you know what life we ​​had ? — Tomek hissed. & Amp; MDASH; Because you were not with us.

< p > I stood in the middle of my own home, feeling like an intruder

< p > m & oacute; Jer, a man for whom I have been horny my whole life, looked at me indifferently.

< p > — Now you want to live here ? — asked calmly.

< p > — This is M & Amp; Oacute; J house & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; I whispered.

< p > — TW & oacute; j ? & He laughed bitterly. & Amp; MDASH; You didn't do anything for us.

< p > I felt as if someone hit me straight into my heart.

< p > I sat on Ż & oacute; Żku, which a few hours ago seemed to me a few hours ago. < p > Did I really not do anything for them ?

< p > did it all make sense ?

< p > and where now I had a wr & oacute; 63 ~

< p > I had no longer where.

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