My brother is, by nature, a good man, and his kindness is appreciated by everyone around him. He got married out of pure kindness of heart. That’s how it happened.
One day, after work, Anton was returning home when he saw his beautiful neighbor, Emilia, coming towards him, tears in her eyes. He had been in love with her since high school, but when he found out that she was dating Dănuț, an attractive young man from their college, he understood that he would never have a chance with her.
Emilia was so distraught that she didn’t even notice where she was going. Anton stopped her and asked what had happened. She told him that she had been in a relationship with Dănuț for some time and hoped he would propose, but instead, she found out she was pregnant. When she told her boyfriend about the pregnancy, he yelled at her and said he wanted nothing to do with her or the child. If her mother found out, she would throw her out of the house. Emilia was completely lost and didn’t know what to do.
Then Anton had an idea. He said to her, “Marry me, no one will know that child is not mine. We will live together, I will love you, and I hope that one day you will love me too.” Emilia agreed, and they got married.
At first, they were happy, and later they had a little girl. However, over time, Emilia began to drift away and go out at night. She told Anton that she didn’t love him and that life with a man she didn’t love was unbearable. Anton endured for a while, but one day Emilia left him a note announcing that she was leaving to seek a better life and that she was leaving their daughter, Elena, in his care.
Anton tried to raise Elena alone, occasionally helped by his mother. She suggested he remarry so that a new wife could take care of Elena. That’s how he met Luminița, a cheerful divorced woman with two daughters. He proposed to her, and their daughters could grow up together in a united family.
But things did not go as they had hoped. Luminița’s daughters bullied Elena and wouldn’t even let her eat. If she complained to her father, she was beaten. Many times she went to bed hungry, but she was afraid to tell Anton what was happening.
There was also no good understanding between Anton and Luminița; they often argued. His wife wanted him to put her and her daughters on the lease of his apartment, but he felt he was once again in a relationship with a woman who did not love him. He didn’t know what to do next; he felt that divorce was near. Luminița refused to leave his apartment, and Anton didn’t know how it would all end.
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