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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSeveral guests turned toward the boy in confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman froze instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly, she turned around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a few endless seconds, she simply stared at him in complete shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the glass slipped from her hand and shattered loudly across the marble floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tears filled her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Ethan\u2026? \u2014 she whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy\u2019s lips trembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Why did you leave me\u2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman suddenly burst into tears. Painful, uncontrollable tears that silenced the entire restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then something happened that shocked everyone around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The elegant woman dropped to her knees in front of the poor street boy and held him tightly in her arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guests watched in disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some women quietly wiped tears from their eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even the waiters stopped moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman hugged the boy as though she was afraid he would disappear again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Forgive me\u2026 please forgive me\u2026 \u2014 she cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first, the boy stood completely still. Years of loneliness, pain, and anger filled his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But then he felt his mother\u2019s tears falling onto his shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entire restaurant remained silent as they embraced each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But moments later, the woman whispered something that changed everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 I never abandoned you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy pulled back in shock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 What do you mean\u2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She looked into his eyes through tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 They took you away from me\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whispers spread throughout the restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the woman slowly turned toward an older man sitting at a nearby VIP table. His face had suddenly gone pale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy looked at him nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Your grandfather told me you died when you were a baby\u2026 \u2014 she whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The old man immediately stood up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Stop this right now! \u2014 he shouted angrily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was already too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The truth had finally come out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Years earlier, the woman had fallen in love with a poor musician. Her wealthy family hated the relationship and considered the child a disgrace to their name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One night, the baby disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was told that her son had died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But in reality, the child had secretly been sent away to orphanages, where he grew up alone and forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy looked at the old man with trembling eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything he believed about his life suddenly collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grandfather lowered his head in shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the boy quietly said something that brought tears to nearly everyone in the restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 I never dreamed about becoming rich\u2026 I only wished that one day my mother would hold me again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman cried even harder and pulled him close once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside, the city continued living its normal busy life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n