CHAPTER 117
YULIYA AND DANIEL got temporary shelter on an Oxford campus, Yuliya had many contacts with the deans and managed to convince an old admirer of hers to use the room that would be for some students, she recognized how lucky she was that Paul had sacrificed himself for them.
— My father won't be coming back, will he, mother?
— Unfortunately not, dear, what he did was the greatest proof of love anyone could do for us.
The boy nodded and slept peacefully.
Yuliya also felt very tired, every time she closed her eyes she remembered the difficult and painful times, but by coincidence she remembered her grandmother and a situation that she liked to play pranks on her.
SHE, HER GRANDMOTHER CLAUDIA and her grandfather Francis went to the market, Francis went to the bathroom, when he was already some distance away, his grandmother said:
— Let's leave your grandfather here and leave.
Yuliya was terrified by that, she loved her grandfather more than anything in that life.
— No grandma, we can't do that, poor grandpa.
— He's already old and he's been pissing me off, come on...
Suddenly, Yuliya began to cry with the possibility that what her grandmother was saying was true and she would not leave there, under any circumstances, without her grandfather.
— I won't, grandma.
— He'll get another old lady, don't worry, shall we?
— But... who's going to make my porridge, grandma?
'Everyone knows how to make porridge, dear.
Yuliya felt like she needed to buy time until her grandfather came back, but it didn't take long and he appeared, she went to him and gave him a hug while crying.
— Is everything okay, sweetheart?
— Now it is, grandpa, I will never leave you.
Your grandmother burst out laughing.
— Has something happened that I'm not aware of?
Then their grandmother told them what happened and their grandfather laughed along with them.
YULIYA DIDN'T KNOW why that situation from her so forgotten past came to light, but the simple memory of the grandparents who had taken care of her after the untimely death of her parents comforted her and seeing her son sleeping peacefully by her side, comforted her even more.
She stroked Daniel's hair and remembered when she had met her father and the happy life they had led together as two young men in love.