After laying her husband to rest, Anya made up her mind to tackle the clutter in the shed—a place her husband always kept off-limits. She let out a SHRIEK when she laid eyes on IT

The man’s fears were in vain. He left the clinic quietly, but his phone number remains. Julia heard that the flow of nurses about the activities of this man, but immediately did not pay attention.

Gossip, nothing more. But now I remembered. Found the number in the file cabinet and gave it to Jenna.

Let her talk to him herself. That and the criminal identity was a Jacob. He’s a really complicated man.

When he got a call from an unknown woman making an appointment, he thought that another lady decided to settle scores with her husband or lover. But when Jenna explained what needed to be done, Jacob at first refused, especially because it is very troublesome to deal with delivery abroad. But when Jenna told him the fee, he thought about it.

Okay, let’s give it a try. He finally agreed. Anna woke up early that morning.

There was an uneasy feeling in her soul. Anna stretched, took a deep breath. Apparently, she had a bad dream, but she couldn’t remember which one.

Stop worrying about it. Anna. Time to get up, the woman said to herself.

And indeed, there was a lot of work for today. The men are retiring today. We must supervise the work.

Anna had a quick breakfast. Stopped by Jack’s. Her bunny is asleep.

She smiled and then sighed. Her son again, will be without her all day. The daycare is under renovation.

Good thing Kate is always on hand. Just when she thought of her neighbor, she heard the door creak open. Here you are, Kate.

What are you going to the neighbor? Asked the old lady. The idea is that you and I can manage on our own. I’ll cook something for him now.

He’ll wake up for breakfast, and then we’ll go to my garden. Raspberries are coming up. We’ll pick them.

And then we’ll find something else to do. Don’t worry. Your little boy will be well looked after.

I’m not worried. Kate, you are my main assistant. What would I do without you? Anna smiled gratefully.

She got into the car and drove out of the village to the forest, where the farm equipment was already making noise. On the way, Anna thought, maybe she should have sent Jack to town to Michael’s parents or to her own. Both of them offered to look after you this month, while the daycare center was being repaired.

But she couldn’t even imagine being left without her son for even 24 hours. And my son would miss you. Yes, only on the grandmother neighbor, and there is all hope.

Having checked the work of Kosarev Anna together with James, hurried to the district center. Suddenly, they were summoned to the agricultural department to sign documents. They returned from the district center close to lunchtime.

Anna dropped James off and drove to her house. On the way, she met a dark SUV. The woman thought it was someone else’s car.

I wonder who was visiting? Then she drove up to her yard, seeing the open door. Anna frowned. This isn’t right.

What was it Kate hadn’t followed? What if Jack was running away? Or the neighbor’s chickens would come in and block all her flowerbeds? Then she heard a faint scream and cry from the house. Anna rushed there Kate was lying on the floor, crying and trying to get up. Kate, what’s wrong? Shouted Anna, ran over to her neighbor and helped her up.

Oh, nurse’s trouble. I did not follow the water and wiping her tears, the old lady told how she and Jack and came from the vegetable garden, with fresh raspberries. Kate was in the kitchen.

Berries with milk and sugar mixed to dessert kettle, boiling in the bathtub in the hallway, with which Jack played. Suddenly a car stopped outside the house. Dark so Kate had not seen it before.

Two stout men entered the house. One of them grabbed Jack in his arms and they turned toward the door. Kate ran out to meet them.

Then one of the strangers pushed the old woman. Kate fell, hit her head and lost consciousness for a few moments. When she came to her senses, neither the bandits nor the child were in the house.

Anna, forgive me, I didn’t save our Jack. The old lady was crying. Kate, don’t blame yourself for anything.

Anna said in a trembling voice. What would you do against two bandits? God, why would they want Jack? Anna called an ambulance and the police, and jumped into her car and followed the bandits. Now she knew exactly what kind of car she had seen on the way.

There was only one road and Anna was sure she would catch up with the bandits. She raced along the dusty road, but in vain. The woman stopped the car, dropped her head on the steering wheel and sobbed.

She was afraid to imagine where her baby was now, what he was experiencing. And then she froze. She realized who could have taken her baby.

It was Jenna. There was no one else. And just as she thought about it.

How did a police car show up on the road? It was a task force on their way to her call. Anna jumped out of the car and began to explain to the investigator who she was, what had happened. She voiced her suspicions.

Well, let’s not waste any time. The investigator agreed with her arguments and called his colleagues in the regional center to find out more about this Jenna, and if possible detain her. Law enforcers promptly began to work, but the only person they found was Jenna.

She did not live quietly in her hotel room. And when the police guards swooped in on her, was in complete bewilderment, took the child. Rounded her eyes.

Oh, really? How could I have organized all this? The coroner didn’t have a single clue. The number of the car that came to the village. No one remembered only the color and make of the surveillance cameras.

Of course, there were none along the road. The investigator suggested another version maybe he was taken for ransom. But so far no one had called.

She was sure it was Jenna’s doing. And while all the cops were investigating. Marjane, all sorts of men were also on the job under James’ direction.

The men searched the neighborhood for woods, lakes, abandoned houses. But they couldn’t find anything. In the meantime, Jacob had brought little Jack to the mountains.

Jacob was glad that he had managed to skip all the checkpoints of the traffic police so successfully. Driving on a road where cameras are minimal. He wasn’t too worried about that.

The plates on the car weren’t real. And the driver was wearing a cap. He’s in the backseat with the kid.

In short, nobody’s gonna find them. Jacob left Jack at the abandoned house. In the evening on another car he planned to take the child to the border region.

And there he has friends who will help to transport the boy. One thing made him a little uneasy. The child was scared, crying all the time and calling for his mother.

Jacob was not a beast, and he felt sorry for the boy. He already regretted that he got involved in this adventure. But there was a decent sum at stake.

And it was too late to back out. Why are you crying? He pleaded with Jack. We’ll go to your mom soon.

Really, wiping away tears, the child asked and looked trustingly into the eyes of this big uncle. Of course. Mommy asked me to bring you.

Why did you hit Granny Katia? Who hit her? She just fell down. She’s all right now. Jacob consoled the child and made a vow not to get involved in such cases again.

And maybe he would have succeeded. But then the police got an anonymous call. It was a woman, and she said she knew who had taken the child.

She gave the name Jacob. Then it was just a matter of time. Law enforcement located Jacob.

Soon he and the driver were apprehended on the way out of town. In the back seat was Jack. When they reported that the boy was found the woman almost fainted from excitement, and then cried.

But already her little one had been found. It’s been over a year. All those responsible for that story have been punished.

Jacob and his partner got decent sentences. Jenna was also convicted for organizing the crime. In addition, her Italian husband divorced her.

Julia, who called the police, got off lightly. The court took into account her assistance to the investigation, and she went as a witness. However, she was fired from the lab.

Management did not want a person with a questionable past working in their institution. At the trial, of course, many facts came out, such as the fact that Jack was not Michael’s son. Michael’s parents were very upset when they found out, but eventually they calmed down and accepted Jack as their own.

Anna’s parents were also very surprised. But how can you refuse a little man, who firmly entered their family? Anna and her son lived in their village. Those terrible events began to be forgotten.

And then Anna had another meeting with a man she already knew a little. But who would have thought that fate would bring them together? Spring that year was not in a hurry. At the end of April, it was still snowing straight orange at night.

Anna was worried it was time to plow the fields. Where to drive the tractor? It will get stuck in the field up to its ears. And the deadline is pressing in June, the heat will crush it.

And the sprouts, if they don’t have time to gain strength, will be pulled out. What kind of harvest will we have in the end? James sighed too. The weather is not good for farmers this year.

And then somehow in a couple of days the weather explained the sun heating soaked through. It soaked the water and the ground. The work was booming.

Anna was amused, James encouraged. He had plans to open up a spit between the shards. There the winds would not blow so much, and the moisture would be preserved if the summer was dry.

Anna agreed with the manager’s decision. The case says the plot has been registered for her for a long time. There are no problems.

This year the field is plowed once, and then the grain is sown. It’s going to produce good wheat. James laughed, saying that he had become a real agronomist over the years.

That she had learned to understand the business for so many years. And one morning the tractors came to this plot. The mechanizers knew their business, soon worked.

And there was a small hill there by the forest. It had always been there as long as the locals remembered. But no one had ever attached any importance to it.

Well, it was blown by the wind for many centuries. So the tractor driver decided to store this hill too. Why does it stand idle? He drove once in the election into the ground for the second time.

And then he saw something plowing in the forest. He nodded, went out to look. I thought the tractor’s spare parts had fallen off.

I came closer and my eyes. In the ground, some shards, some iron pieces. Another tractor driver drove up, scratched Jack in the back of his head.

We seem to have opened a mound. He guessed. Oh, come on! What kind of mound we might have here? I don’t know what kind.

The people used to live here. And notice, in the Soviet years, they didn’t plow here. Why? Maybe they knew about the mound.

And then everything was forgotten. So maybe we’ll write it down quietly and they’ll have problems later. You can’t be patted on the head for such things.

They’ve had enough of our ducks. The tractor driver agreed, having opened the hill. It should be said that farm workers often called one thing among themselves, simply Anna or duck.

Kindly, so fondly. Yes, the workers appreciated their young mistress. Respected, knowing what a hard fate fell to her.

The mechanics called. They told her everything. Soon she came with James.

What is it? Anna asked in amazement, examining the pieces of clay shards. It was obvious that the ancient they decided to call archaeologists out of sin. Let them decide how to proceed.

Because if it is recognized later, you cannot avoid fines. A couple of days later, the specialists arrived, settled in a tent near the forest and began to study, to dig out the very hill. Anna has a lot of work to do.

Still, she wondered what the archaeologists had found there. One afternoon she drove up to the excavation site. Four men were just resting, drinking tea in a clearing.

Hello, Anna. One of them said hello first. Come to us to drink tea.

Anna wondered how this archaeologist knew her. I don’t think we’ve met. Taking the closer look…