Jane has been thinking more and more lately about her fate and her life.
Now she is doing well, but everything could have turned out differently, if not for a random party in a student dormitory.
After graduating from high school, Jane went to college to study accounting. Her mother and father decided so, although she wanted to work as a kindergarten teacher. But her mother said:
-Well, that teacher, the salary is small, children are restless, go to the accountant, serious work and near money.
She obeyed, entered, studied, lived in a dormitory.
At school she liked Victor. He was a year older, graduated from high school, did not go anywhere, so he was going to go abroad to work.
Jane liked him, and Victor confessed to her:
-Jane, you wait for me, I will earn money in a year, I will come back and we will get married. I love you, I don’t even want to look at any of the girls!
-Of course I will wait until I finish my studies, and then you will come back!
Victor went to work with a friend, and Jane went to study at the technical school.
She did not pay much attention to men. Viktor often called her, even sent her some money.
Meanwhile, Steven from a parallel group did not leave Jane alone – he liked her.
He tried to “appear” always nearby, met her in the evening when she and her friends returned from a walk, sometimes he invited himself to their company.
Once there was a holiday in the dormitory. The girls set the table, the guys bought sparkling wine.
That evening Jane tasted it for the first time. Steven was sitting next to her, it was fun, and Jane did not notice how she had a little too much.
Jane woke up in Steven’s bed, in his room. His two roommates were not there.
She jumped up and understood everything. She quickly dressed and ran out of Steven’s room. She cried for a long time in the back room, where there were buckets and mops.
-“What have I done, what about my Victor? What am I going to tell him? And Steven is good, he took advantage of my weakness.
She remembered almost nothing. But after this incident, she remembered for life – such parties are not for her.
Steven, on the contrary, was happy – he really needed Jane.
He apologized to her, but she stubbornly did not want to meet him.
And suddenly after a month and a half she felt weak and her roommates advised her to go to the doctor.
When the doctor told her she was pregnant, Jane froze.
-What should I do? I’m studying, I don’t want this child… But the doctor calmly explained:
-You are young, I understand, you are not the first, you will not be the last. Give birth calmly, grow up, parents will help. Otherwise, there may be unpredictable consequences. Then you will regret, many people go through this, run to me with tears for help, and what can I do then?
Jane loved small children, it was not in vain that she wanted to become a teacher, and this finally decided her fate.
Steven, having learned about her pregnancy, decided to marry her. He could not leave Jane alone with the child. Her parents also persuaded her that the child needed a father. And so it happened, Jane married an unloved man.
-“Daughter, she will love him, she will endure him, but her daughter has a father! And he is a good father! – said the mother. – Look how much he loves you!
When Victor found out that Jane got married, he decided to continue working and not to return home.
Jane was grateful to him for that, because she could not imagine how she would look him in the eye after she promised to wait for him.
Jane and Steven lived with his parents. They helped, loved their granddaughter, and treated Jane well.
Steven worked in the office as a manager, and Jane worked in the accounting department.
The daughter grew up, Steven insisted on a second child, but Jane did not want.
She got used to her fate, lived and lived. Love never came to her, she treated her husband indifferently.
Steven saw it, experienced it, it was not how he imagined his family life with his beloved woman.
Sixteen years have passed. They have their own apartment, their daughter is finishing school. Family life is stable, as before.
Work, home, sometimes the whole family goes on vacation to the sea.
Jane never met Victor again, he came home to his mother, but she and her husband lived in the city.
Soon his mother died. After the funeral, no one saw him in the village.
Daughter Vanessa entered an institute in another city.
Jane did not dissuade her. She remembered how she wanted to be a teacher, but her parents insisted on something else.
So she works as an accountant, she does not like the work very much, but what can you do, you have to work.
In general, Jane lived her life as she was told. She could not resist, such is her character. Although in her heart she scolded herself, worried, but did not show it.
When her daughter said that she would go to another city, Steven objected:
-Where will you go, Vanessa, we will help you here, you will live at home and study.
But Vanessa was persistent and showed her character:
-Dad, I have decided and I will not change my decision. I want to be an English teacher, and I will be. I like the English language.
Steven looked at Jane:
-Well, at least tell me where to let her go to another city?
-Let my daughter go and study. It is her dream.
Vanessa looked gratefully at her mother:
-Mommy, I always knew that you would support me, don’t worry, everything will be fine.
Indeed, the daughter graduated with honors from the Pedagogical Institute, did not return home, married her beloved man and went to live with him in the capital.
She works in a large international company as a translator, everything is fine with her husband, a son was born.
Jane took a vacation, and from the first month helped her with her grandson. But she had to go home, the vacation was over.
At the age of forty-seven Jane had a black streak in her life.
Her parents died one by one. There was a parental house left, Steven persuaded her to sell it, but she was against it. It was too expensive for Jane. Here she grew up, her parents lived their lives, of course it needs repairs, but it can be fixed.
Steven, not waiting for reciprocity from his wife, began to party, not often, but sometimes, he began to stay late from work.
And some Agnes appeared in the office, and set her eyes on the boss.
One day it was the company’s anniversary. They celebrated it in a cafe, Steven did not come home for the night. Jane was worried, called, the subscriber was unavailable.
In the evening of the next day Steven came home.
Jane already knew that nothing happened to him, Steven’s colleague told her that he spent the night with another woman.
When her husband arrived home, she already knew that she would not forgive him, although Steven did not think so.
-“Well, my wife lost me, and here I am. I spent a stormy night, and now I understood what love means and what a hot woman means. I never got love from you, but I think you’ll forgive me. Forgive me, huh? I’m sorry, we have lived with you for so many years, I will not cheat on you anymore.
Jane was at a loss for words. When it comes to love, some believe in fate and others do not.
So Jane thought that her fate did not turn out the way she wanted. She both believed and did not believe in fate, she knew that fate depends on the person.
She forgave her husband just for the fact that he honestly confessed to her in betrayal. She understood him. She herself treated her husband coldly for years… And he endured.
Agnes did not give Steven peace of mind, they began to meet at lunchtime, sometimes went somewhere by car, but he always came home on time.
She was told that her husband was dating Agnes.
She did not even hide it, and told everyone that she would not give her boss to anyone, even to her wife.
And Jane did not want to clarify the relationship – let it be as it is…
Another seven years passed, Jane retired at the age of fifty-five. More and more often she remembered her Victor.
The memory of the lost love lived in her heart, and periodically appeared as a bright spot in her life. Relations with her husband finally broke down.
When Jane retired, she went to visit her daughter and grandchildren.
She already has two sons, they live well, a large apartment, her husband is engaged in business.
After living with them for a week, Jane saw how her daughter’s life was successful, she is happy, and she does not need anything else. As long as her daughter was happy.
Thinking and reflecting for a long time, Jane came to the conclusion – this can not go on!
She had to divorce her husband. They divorced, and Jane went to her parents’ house.
She knew that life persistently continues to prove that some people are just meant for each other, and when they meet is only a matter of time. She never lost hope that one day she would meet Victor.
Jane started to repair the house. Her neighbor Christopher, who lived with her parents, always helped each other.
He offered to help Jane for a symbolic fee. The neighbor lived alone, buried his wife, he was already over seventy, he offered his services to Jane in memory of her parents.
There was one caveat, Christopher is Victor’s own uncle, and keeps in touch with him.
Rarely, but Victor visited him about once every five years.
Christopher was silent, Jane didn’t say anything, and she didn’t ask about him. She wanted to know about his fate, but it was awkward to ask his uncle about it. Let everything remain as it is.
But the uncle had a different opinion, he informed his nephew that Jane had divorced and returned to her parents’ house.
-Victor, do not lose the second chance, I know that you can not live without her, you married three times and all in vain. Jane is a good and kind woman, she was and still is, and I help her with repairs.
In the morning Jane woke up and looked out the window. Christopher was finishing the gazebo in her backyard.
She went to the kitchen to cook breakfast when she heard her neighbor’s voice:
-Jane, come out, look who came to visit us.
Jane was in no hurry, she was frying eggs, for her and her neighbor, they had breakfast together all summer, so insisted Jane.
When she stepped out onto the porch, there was a man standing in the yard with his back to her, talking to Christopher.
The neighbor was smiling, the man turned around, and Jane’s eyes darkened. She managed to grab the handrail. Viktor jumped up to her and picked her up.
-“What are you doing, Jane? Is this any way to greet guests?” he said in alarm.
-Victor, where are you from? How did you get here?
-I came to see you, and everything will be fine. Better late than never.
They stood embraced and looked at each other.
And Christopher turned away, with a serious look, diligently sawing something, smiling into his gray mustache.
