I remember that morning for the rest of my life. I came back from working hard for my family and immediately went to my family: my wife and daughter. I had been away from home for nine long years. I missed them very much. I wanted to hug my wife and sit with my daughter. All these years I missed them so much.
No sooner had I stepped on the threshold than I heard a lot of unpleasant things from my daughter about me. She told me to get out and accused me of leaving them for another woman and had no right to appear on their doorstep. And then she threw a suitcase with my belongings in it at me. My wife was standing behind my daughter and smiling.
I did not understand what was happening and could not say a word. I took my things and left. I didn’t want to worry again. I called a taxi and went straight to the hospital, where I was to have surgery the next day. I didn’t know if I would come back to my senses after it. I wanted to see my family beforehand, but I had no idea that they would meet me so “kindly”. When I first went to work, my daughter was almost seventeen. My wife and I did not have the money to send her to school, so I had to do it. I wanted my daughter to have a good future, to get an education, to have a decent income. Strangely enough, my wife was very happy to learn about my decision to go to work. She packed my things the same day. When I left, my daughter was not at home. So I couldn’t say goodbye to her properly.
I sent them money every month. My daughter was studying. After she graduated from the university, I wanted to finally return home, but my wife convinced me to stay at work for a while to earn money for my daughter to buy her own place. After all, it would be nice if she had an apartment in the future.
But the working conditions were not easy. I was constantly lifting heavy materials, which severely undermined my health. Since then, I have had big problems.
That’s when I decided to return home. I wanted to please my daughter, so I bought an apartment for her.
While I was waiting for a taxi to the hospital, our neighbor across the street ran up to me. She watched my daughter kick me out of the house. And then she told me that my daughter’s attitude towards me was the work of my wife, who, after I left, started bringing her lovers to the house. When my daughter saw this, my wife had the nerve to say that I was the first one to find another woman, so now she is making her own life.
As it turned out later, my daughter did not receive an education. The wife took all the money I sent her. I thanked the neighbor for the truth and left.
The doctors did not give me any prognosis, so I asked them to bring me a notary to make a will for my daughter. In the will, I left a letter in which I told my daughter the whole truth.
Fortunately, the operation was successful. The next day, my daughter came to me. I am glad that she did not read that letter, but learned everything personally from me.
