A Son as a Reward. Give Me Your Love
13 hrs. 11 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Veronika Lesnevskaya
Author
Veronika Lesnevskaya
Narrator
Nina Sashina
Narrator
Valery Tolkov
Description
Whose child is that?—the boss nods somewhere down.
I don’t notice my three-year-old son beside the towering figure right away.
—Why aren’t you at home?
—We have nowhere else to go. Can we stay the night here?— I risk asking. For the sake of the baby.
—No,—the boss snaps sharply, frightening me.
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly picks Vladik up and carries him in his arms, and the boy surprisingly goes still in those huge paws. He doesn’t cry, doesn’t resist.
—Get ready. You’ll come with me.
His son stares at the boss with interest, looks closely, tugs at his beard—and unexpectedly blurts out:
—Dad?
***
My husband drove me away, accusing me of infidelity that never happened. He rejected his son without admitting him as his, and left us without means to live. The only rescue turned out to be a job at a well-known chain of car dealerships. If it weren’t for one “but.” My boss… Wild, lonely, closed off since his wife died—he keeps the whole team in fear even at a distance. But from day one he looks at me as if he knows my whole life. And my son, for some reason, reaches for him like for a real father.
I don’t notice my three-year-old son beside the towering figure right away.
—Why aren’t you at home?
—We have nowhere else to go. Can we stay the night here?— I risk asking. For the sake of the baby.
—No,—the boss snaps sharply, frightening me.
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly picks Vladik up and carries him in his arms, and the boy surprisingly goes still in those huge paws. He doesn’t cry, doesn’t resist.
—Get ready. You’ll come with me.
His son stares at the boss with interest, looks closely, tugs at his beard—and unexpectedly blurts out:
—Dad?
***
My husband drove me away, accusing me of infidelity that never happened. He rejected his son without admitting him as his, and left us without means to live. The only rescue turned out to be a job at a well-known chain of car dealerships. If it weren’t for one “but.” My boss… Wild, lonely, closed off since his wife died—he keeps the whole team in fear even at a distance. But from day one he looks at me as if he knows my whole life. And my son, for some reason, reaches for him like for a real father.
