A Touch Of Happiness. Juan Moisés De La Serna

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      -I still have homework, he said with a sad face.

      -Don’t worry, I’ll help you to finish it later if you come with me.

      He quickly released the coloured pencil and with a big smile he threw his arms around my neck and said,

      -I love you mom.

      This made me feel emotional again, the truth is that everything that a mother could wish was this, seeing my son happy and he telling me these beautiful things.

      -Look, I said. Since you have been well behaved , I brought you something.

      -What is it? He asked excitedly.

      -Open the wrapper and you’ll see I said as I gave him the gift.

      He did so quickly and found a cube of six faces, each one of a different colour and looking at all its sides he asked,

      - And what is this for?

      This put me in a difficult place, because although I had tried to solve it, I did not know what the instructions were or how it was solved, so if he asked me to do a demonstration I could not do it.

      -Well …, this … -I said taking my time to find the right words-. Each side con-sists of of the cube having all the cells of the same colour.

      My son looked at the sides again and after a moment he said,

      -Mom, it has them already, look all the yellow cells are here and on this other side the red ones.

      -Yes, right I said, laughing at the occurrence of my son. Wait a minute.

      Picking up the cube, I turned the pieces around, I gave it back to him and said,

      - Now you have to reorganise it.

      He took it between his small hands trying to figure out how those pieces mo-ved and he realised he could only make horizontal or vertical movements, of a row or column. After trying several times and before his desperation I said,

      -You can move several columns or rows at a time, that will make the work easier

      He looked at me with a face of not being too convinced and started spinning the chips again. I knew that it was going take a good part of his afternoon, so I said,

      -Well, leave that aside because we have to go, I’ll ask grandma if she wants to go down too.

      I went towards the living room and before I said anything to my mother, my son called me and said,

      -Mom, mom, look

      I was surprised, because I left him only a few seconds ago , I turned around and to my surprise I saw in his hands the ordered cube and a big smile. I took it to look at every side and after checking that all the colours were well placed, I said,

      -Very well done, son. -And I kissed him on the cheek as a reward-. Now take the jacket so you don’t catch a cold.

      -Are you going out? My mother asked me, listening to what I had told her grandson.

      -Yes, let’s go to the park for a while, they gave me the afternoon off.

      - What have you done this time?

      -Nothing mom, just that I’m the employee of the week.

      -Really? She asked, getting up and opening her arms to give me a hug-. I’m so proud of you, she said putting her arms around me.

      I had a strange feeling, we always fought so much and now it seemed she had a big heart, I smiled at her and asked,

      - Do you want to go downstairs?

      -No thanks, it’s too late for me, I don’t want to catch a cold.

      -Okay, take a rest, we will not take more than half an hour.

      -I’ll be here, I also want use this time to make dinner, I’m going prepare so-mething really good, you’ll see, it’s going to be very special, my girl is em-ployee of the week.

      My son and I went out, there we were playing with a ball, it was rather for him to run and blow off steam, than my sporty interest in football.

      I sat for a moment while he kicked against a wall, when a young girl came and sat next to me.

      Is he your baby? She asked with a worried face.

      -Yes, that’s right, why do you ask? I asked, surprised by her attitude.

      -I do not know, does he give you many trouble? She asked again.

      -No, well the normal one of his age -I answered with a smile

      - What about at the beginning? She asked again uneasily.

      -Well, he has always been very calm I barely had any trouble sleeping the first weeks after his birth, other mothers say this is what cost them the most after having their children.

      -I’m pregnant, said the little girl, who should not be more than fourteen years.

      - Congratulations, I said, giving her a hug.

      She did not return the hug, she seemed somewhat self-conscious and I asked her,

      -Are you okay?

      -I don’t know how to tell my parents, she said fearfully.

      -Do you love him? -I asked looking into her eyes.

      -Him? Of course, she said with a broad smile.

      -I mean your son, I pointed out.

      -I don’t know, did you know ? - she returned the question.

      -My circumstances were different, I was already married and we had been trying to be pregnant for two years, it was a blessing for us.

      -You are so lucky, I don’t know how he is going to react, I’m afraid that he will leave me for this.

      - Do not think that way, besides men are the way they are, they do not need reasons to leave you. Look at me, everything was fine between us, our boy was growing up healthy and one blessed day he went out saying he was going to look for a job and he never came back.

      - Something might have happened to him, said the young girl, looking scared.

      -Nothing bad I assure you, he called me a few weeks after saying that he had gone to another city to start a new life, he longed for his bachelor freedom and wanted to recover it.

      - And he left you with the child? She asked worriedly.

      -Yes, we are getting ahead thanks to my mom who takes care of him when I’m at work. -I answered with a smile.

      - I don’t know if my parents would help me if I have the baby, she said worrie-dly.

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