Discovering that blooms were vanishing from his wife’s tomb, a prosperous man set up a surveillance camera, and after viewing the recording, the husband was utterly stunned…

They say you complained that your wife’s grave is empty. We’ll fix that now. Some alcoholics approached Kate, and she gave them money.

They had shovels in their hands. Michael understood. They brought him to the cemetery from the back so that the guards wouldn’t see.

It was dark. Jacob turned off the engine. The cemetery keeper’s booth was far away.

He wouldn’t be able to shout loud enough. Mike realized that if he screamed, they would just hit him on the head and bury him unconscious. Amazingly, this evening turned out to be very warm.

On such an evening, one would want to of streetlights rather than preparing for premature death in a cemetery at the hands of a loving spouse. Michael was brought to Catherine’s excavated grave. Next to it stood a coffin containing remains that were then passed off as hers.

Who would have thought you’d be lying in my grave, huh? Kate smirked. Mike realized she was insane. How could he have lived with her for so long without noticing? You know, I cried at this grave.

I wanted to come to you. Thought about being ready to die and lie down next to you. It hurts so much, Michael confessed.

Despite everything, he loved her, truly loved her. His words struck Catherine. She looked at her lover fearfully.

He understood she might get emotional and change her mind. Yet there was still something human left in her. Go to the car.

I’ll finish up here, Jacob said. Kate nodded and walked away, eyes downcast. They threw Michael into the coffin and started nailing it shut.

Panic engulfed him. This is it, echoed in his mind. He struggled with all his might, but the ropes cut into him so deeply they were already soaked in blood.

Then they simply dropped the coffin into the grave. Michael lost consciousness from the impact. When he opened his eyes, he heard dirt being thrown on top.

He screamed with all his might, and suddenly everything went silent. Nothing happened for some time. Maybe they’ve already buried me, he thought.

Suddenly someone stepped on the coffin lid. Help, help, Mike screamed in panic. In the next moment, the lid of the coffin creaked open.

He saw the face of a bearded stranger. He held a shovel. Above the grave stood Adam, wiping his nose.

And what would you do without me, he asked proudly. The gravedigger helped Mike out of the grave. It turned out Adam had disobeyed and run away from the orphanage to the graveyard.

The boys had teased him all day, calling him names, and he couldn’t take it anymore, so he ran away. He had been sitting on her grave until late evening and was about to leave when he saw Michael dragging some stranger through the cemetery. Behind him was the woman he had seen there before.

Adam ran as fast as he could to the shovel. He approached Jacob from behind. Jacob didn’t see him.

He was too busy burying a living person. That’s not how we do things here, the caretaker said, and struck Jacob on the head with the shovel. He fell to the ground unconscious and lay there until the police arrived.

Actually, Kate didn’t let Michael escape either. Seeing him leaving the gate, Catherine took Jacob’s car keys and tried to leave, but Michael blocked her path. He understood she only wanted to kill him in words, she wouldn’t have the courage to run him over.

So both Jacob and Kate were arrested that evening. At home, they found a bag of money from the safe. The cemetery caretaker gave his testimony, and Adam stayed with Michael until late at night.

When everything was over, he called the orphanage and told the story. I’m taking him. It doesn’t matter whether it’s guardianship or adoption.

I hope you won’t object. The boy really saved my life. I can’t just leave him now.

The nanny stayed with Sophia all night. Michael apologized to her, paid her extra for the overtime, and let her go home. Adam and Sophia spent the night in the nursery.

Adam was already used to sleeping on a small couch next to Sophia’s bed. Michael still couldn’t fall asleep. Those events kept playing in his mind…