– Look, look! – Anna heard through the door, – go, daughter, the godmother gave you the clothes from the bargain’s shoulder. Mistress spent a few thousand of her millions to be good…
Anna stood there, unable to believe what she had heard. For a moment she covered her eyes with her hands, hoping that the gesture would save her from what had just been revealed. But she pulled herself together. She walked into the room and handed her goddaughter the little box with the new phone in it. She left without saying good-bye.
She had just lost her closest friend and the person dear to her. The friend with whom she had gone through life. The person who had supported her through the hardest, blackest days. They had all gone through together.
– Ella,” Anna sobbed in her friend’s kitchen, “the professor said that Mom can’t be saved. He told me that he would not be able to save her. He gave me six months. My God, mom is at home now, so happy that the disease is over. I look at her and cannot hold back my tears.
Ella was there for me. She listened to me, encouraged me, supported me. At the very end, in the darkest days, when despair overwhelmed Anna, it was Ella who was the ray of light that did not let drown in that darkness. Together they guided Anna’s mother to her last journey.
And then there was the divorce. Anna’s husband had found someone else during the period when she was caring for her mother:
– It’s easy and simple with her,” he said, “I don’t want to go home. Children are always unhealthy, you’re in tears, and this eternal lack of money. No matter how much I bring, the next day I have to go back to borrow. I’ve had enough. I can’t, I don’t want to, I won’t.
Ella was supportive here, too. Then, without any objection, took the children to her, because Anna had to work the night shifts as well. The girls had long been not just friends – but sisters. Anna could not imagine how she would live without such a rear, and Ella had no idea what it would be like to leave her friend at such a time?
And one rainy afternoon, when Anna was coming home from work particularly late, she was picked up by a stranger in an old car. Anna was struck by the calmness and intelligence of her interlocutor. Conversation was simple and interesting at the same time. They exchanged telephone numbers. Billy, as the driver introduced himself, said they would definitely meet again. Anna only waved her hand. Everyone says so, yes, yes. And the next morning a gigantic SUV was parked in front of the entrance. As soon as Anna got out, Billy jumped out of the car and opened the door for the shocked woman:
– Please, madam. – He said with a smile, – today I am already in my car.
Since then, Anna’s life has changed dramatically. Billy became her good angel, and then her husband. Anna moved into his huge country house and became the mistress there. Ella, so it seemed to Anna, was genuinely happy for her friend. Now they rarely gathered in the kitchen. Anna took her friend to the best cafes and restaurants in the city. Girlfriends were already recognized in the most expensive boutiques of the city. Anna wanted to thank her for all the good she had done for her. Several times they vacationed together abroad.
– Look, look! – Anna heard through the door on her next visit to Ella. Mistress spent a few thousand of her millions.
After that incident, Anna cried on Billy’s shoulder for a long time. He asked his wife not to worry and told her that when his business went up, he also lost many friends. This was normal, as it turned out. That’s why he took a liking to Anna at the time. He saw so much kindness in the tired woman, so much real sincerity, that he even melted. For a long time he had not met such people. So he held on to her, took care not to lose her. Anna had been living with Billy for ten years. They brought up their daughter and recently the daughter gave them a grandchild. It seems like a full house, and Anna is happy, but she doesn’t have any more friends.
