She was sitting in an armchair by the window, as always, looking at the world, which had long ceased to belong to her. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/1035e5/620x0/1/0/2024/10/20/sv0lbeuawmogbajsxf5ku6qxd4yq37rb17n3w4h6.jpg" alt = "old lady @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (137,137,137.1)" > < p > She was sick, emaciated, her hands covered with spots of old age. Each breath caused her difficulty, but in her eyes she still had the same flash.

< p > flash, which & rym; ry m & oacute; me that he remembers everything.

She looked at me for a long time, and then, quietly, almost whisper, she said:

< p > — Son, what you deserved, you got it.

< p > I didn't know what to answer.

< p > I didn't have to.

< p > because I knew what she meant.

< p > I was a burden for her all my life.

< p > not as children for the parent & oacute; in the first years of life. No.

< p > I was a burden of choice.

< p > she worked for two full -time jobs, and I sat at home, because & ampquo; I will still find a good job & < p > she was counting every gold & oacute; and I had no resistance & oacute; to borrow more money from her, although I never gave it back.

< p > she aged and I still thought I had time.

< p > that she will always wait.

< p > but the time is over.

< p > and she was not waiting for anything.

< p > When the doctor told me that she had weeks left, something burst in me.

< p > pr & oacute; I was to change, PR 'Oacute; < p > but how to make up for your whole life in a few weeks ?

< p > how to say & I am sorry & rdquo;, when it is already behind p & oacute; ?

< p > days passed and she weakened.

< p > After all, she no longer got up with ł & Żka, but her eyes were still full of the same severity.

< p > and when she looked at me, I knew & hellip;

< p > that she never forgive me.

< p > — Son — She said that evening. & Amp; MDASH; What you deserved is you got it.

< p > and I understood that in her heart there was no place for regret, love or pity.

< p > only truth was

< p > and it hurt more than everything else.

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