-Look at that! -She’s coming, no matter what. She’s done all these things, and she doesn’t care! Shameless! – people in the village whispered.
Of course, Anna heard it all. She heard and knew. She knew that everybody in the village thought she was shameless and a philanderer.
-Let them! And let them! But he’s mine! Mine and I will not give it to anyone!
Anna thought as she passed by the women standing outside the shop.
She walked proudly. As if she had not heard anything. As if they were talking not about her, but about someone else.
She came home offended, but tried not to show it in front of her mother, who came out of the room.
She looked disapprovingly at her daughter, but did not say a word.
Anna handed her mother a bag of groceries and went to her room.
All this was done in absolute silence.
Anna knew that her mother condemned her and did not understand her actions, but she did not care.
She did not regret her actions, even on the contrary.
Anna believed that she was one hundred percent right. She had to fight for her happiness, and she did it.
– If only now everything would be all right! If only everything would work out.
Anna, who never knew prayers, tried her best to turn to God, she just did not know anyone else who could help her now.
…Three months ago a carefree and young girl came home for the holidays.
She had been studying in the city for three months and had never been home during that time.
Anna missed her mother and younger brother very much, she had never been away from home for so long before and now it seemed to her that she had not been home for ages.
She was going to stay at home for a whole week and Anna was really happy about it.
The first evening at home her friends invited her to a birthday party.
Something stopped Anna all the time that evening, the dress she wanted to wear did not look the way she wanted, she did not have time to buy a gift in time and had to think about what to give.
And for some reason her mother did not want Anna to go anywhere.
At first Anna even thought that she probably shouldn’t go anywhere, but she really wanted to communicate with her friends whom she hadn’t seen for a long time, and Anna stepped over all the premonitions and went to visit Nancy, who just had a holiday.
That’s where everything happened.
Max was the husband of Nancy’s older sister.
Anna knew him for a long time, but for some reason it was at that holiday that she looked closer to him. And he showed sympathy for her.
Sister Nancy was not at home, some urgent business detained her in the city where she had gone earlier.
No one noticed how Anna and Max looked at each other all evening.
Anna felt uncomfortable and ashamed of Max’s gaze. Because of all this, she wanted to go outside to breathe fresh air, to cool down a little from this look and she went outside in the midst of the general merriment.
But she could not hide from Max, he came out after her and that’s where the first kiss happened between them, and then everything was like in a dream. And it started spinning.
For a whole week, while Anna was at home, she and Max secretly met.
He swore to her that he had never loved anyone since he fell in love with her, and she didn’t even have to say anything.
She believed him unconditionally.
Then Anna went to study.
She left in tears. Mom consoled her as much as she could, she thought that Anna did not want to leave them, but it was much simpler.
Anna did not want to part with Max.
They had to leave in two weeks, after leaving, Anna could not find a place, and then Max unexpectedly arrived and they did not part for a whole week.
Anna was not interested in what Max had invented for his wife and how he was able to get out of the house for a whole week, she was very happy, and she did not need anything else.
On the last day, before Max left home, they decided to go to a cafe.
It was there that a woman from their village saw them. She was in the city on business and came to have a bite to eat, and the rest is as per the script.
Naturally, everyone in the village found out about them and when Anna next came home, everyone looked at her with condemnation and anger.
You bet! She got into the family, destroyed it and walks around happy.
Her mother had a huge quarrel with Anna and stopped talking to her. She would say a couple of phrases and that was the end of the conversation, but Anna endured.
After all, Max promised her that he would leave his family and be with her.
Anna believed in this promise, but since her arrival she has never seen Max.
He did not appear before her departure either.
Anna was suffering and did not know what to do. All her doubts and hopes were dispelled by her mother. She came into her room when Anna was packing her bag and smiled and said.
– What are you suffering? Well, well. What did you think? That he would leave his wife and child and run to you. No, dear, that will not happen.
Anna was confused, her mother had never spoken to her like that. Looking at her mother, she said through tears:
– Max, Mommy loves me, and we’re going to be together.
– No, you won’t. Max reconciled with his wife and that’s the way it should be. You know, Anna, I would like to support you, but I can’t. You did a very bad thing and you will pay for it for a long time. You will, but he won’t.
Anna left.
She still hoped that everything Max told her was true, but the truth was what her mother told her.
Now she tried not to go home, lived with her actions and was very sorry, but it was too late to correct something.
After what happened, she saw Max only once. He walked past her with his head down and did not even say hello.
After that meeting, Anna cried for a long time and then made up her mind.
She did not return home after school. She stayed in the city.
A few years later she got married and had a baby.
The son was still a baby when Anna found out that her husband had a mistress. A young carefree girl, just like Anna used to be.
Anna cried again, but she knew that she would forgive her husband.
Now she understood perfectly what a lie is and what the law of boomerang is.
