Mercedes opens the door to her new apartment and for her the energy feels totally renewed, light and welcoming. For her, the perfect place to start over, she has been quite sad and needed a radical change urgently or she could fall into depression or even madness if she didn't do something for herself as soon as possible.
Cautious as she was, she carried in her backpack what was most essential for her, a change of clean clothes, a soap for bathing, a towel and, of course, infallible, her little 15 cm high greca coffee pot, her favorite coffee, some sugar, a cup and a teaspoon for stirring. She had already imagined her first hours in her new home and only wished to first take a shower, then have a delicious cup of coffee to cheer up and activate her energy to start unpacking and tidying up.
Already with a clean body, fresh clothes and a steaming cup of coffee, he sits on the floor, puts his favorite song on the playlist he has on his phone and begins to reflect on how his new life will be, until he notices that one of the boxes is not properly closed and he seems to see some colors that did not correspond to his belongings, a ray of sunlight came through the window and the reflection was very clear on the shiny floor.
With much intrigue he approaches and the colors became even more vivid when he took a ball in his hands, he rummaged more and the box was full of very old and dirty toys, most of them in bad condition. They were not his boxes, that was totally clear, and as he got closer he realized that, his curiosity increased and he decided to open another box and this time there were clothes of a boy about 7 years old, very worn pajamas, little pants and sweaters torn and dirty.
Mercedes, far from being upset by what had happened, felt great nostalgia and a great desire to know to which child all those things belonged. She immediately called the moving company to inform them of what had happened. They apologized for the inconvenience and informed her that first thing the next day they would bring the correct boxes and remove the ones they had left by mistake.
That night Mercedes could hardly sleep, she could not stop thinking about the misfortunes that the child owner of those poor objects and his parents could be going through. She waited anxiously for the movers, until they finally arrived. She insisted that they give her the address information or some way to contact the owners of the boxes, but the mover told her that it was confidential information, which was strange because the man said it with a cracked voice and teary eyes.
When the moving truck left the place, Mercedes went after him in her comfortable car, she was not a millionaire, but it could be said that she was well off, financially speaking. She watched as the man drove into a park and a child ran out to hug him.
Mercedes immediately went to offer her help. She struck up a conversation with Enrique, the driver of the moving truck, and learned that he had nowhere to live, that his wife had passed away a year ago due to a terminal illness, the man was left without material possessions trying to save the life of his beloved wife with expensive treatments, he was left on the street with his little son Jesus.
They spent the night in shelters and during the day he sometimes managed to get the child to accompany him hidden in the truck, other times he left him in the park, while some women who already knew about the situation and who took their children for a walk, were also watching over little Jesus.
Enrique and Mercedes hit it off very well, they became good friends, he accepted her help, with some embarrassment, he always told her that he was going to pay her back soon. She bought the boy new clothes and toys and often invited him to breakfast and to spend the day with her, she was teaching him to perfect his reading and writing skills so that he could soon return to school.
Jesus spent very happy moments at Mercedes' side, sometimes he would cut flowers from the park and take them to her.
Mercedes knew influential people and everything pointed to the fact that she would soon help Enrique to start a new job that would allow him to rent a good place to live with his child.
What Enrique did not know was that Mercedes was divorced and that her husband left her because she could not have children, she was very reserved with her life, although she was very generous with other thing.