Where is Andrew? I asked.
She got up right away.
– It’s coming.s. It was almost two hours away when I called him.
His voice was shaking.
I came with you in the ambulance.
I looked at her without saying anything.
The last person I expected to see by my bed was her.
The doctor said you should rest.
You don’t have to stay here.
For a moment, his pain was seen on his face.
But he recovered quickly.
– I know. But I want to stay.
I turned my face to the wall.
Even then, I couldn’t say “thank you.”
Later, during the night, I woke up and the bed next to me was empty.
I heard voices in the corridor.
The door of the salon was ajar.
She was my daughter-in-law.
He was talking to the doctor.
“Her condition is stable now,” he said. But dehydration was severe. You did well to call the ambulance immediately.
Will it be okay?
Most likely, yes.
A short silence followed.
Then the doctor asked:
Are you your daughter?
I waited almost without breathing.
I knew what he could say.
She could have said that I was the mother-in-law who had humiliated her for years.
The woman who criticized her clothes, words, family and education.
The woman who didn’t even allow her to call her “Mom.”
But she replied:
