The uncle came to pick up his niece and the newborn from the maternity ward, but instead saw her sitting on a bench — barefoot, with the baby in her arms 

“Where is your husband? Where is the car?” he asked. The niece silently showed him a message from her husband: “The apartment is ours now. Your things are by the entrance.” The uncle turned pale, took out his phone and called someone. A minute later, everyone was horrified by what had happened… 

Michael turned off the avenue. Just a few more meters and he would reach the maternity ward. He was driving in a good mood: there were flowers, bags from a baby store, and a brand-new car seat for the newborn in the car. Today he was supposed to take his niece and her son home.

He parked near the entrance, got out of the car, and walked toward the steps, looking around. There were many people: men with bouquets, women with bags, the usual bustle outside the maternity ward. And that was exactly why he didn’t immediately understand what made him stop.

A woman was sitting on a bench near the entrance. She was wearing hospital clothes, holding a bundle in her arms, and staring at one point.

Michael recognized her instantly.

“Anna?” he said, unable to believe his eyes.

She raised her head. Michael noticed that she was trembling from the cold and that her lips had turned blue. In her arms, she was tightly holding her newborn son. Michael didn’t ask unnecessary questions. He took off his coat, wrapped his niece in it, carefully lifted her together with the baby, and carried them to the car.

“Where is your husband? Where is your car?” he asked.

Anna opened the messages on her phone and handed it to her uncle. Michael read in horror: “The apartment is ours now. We left your things by the entrance. Forget about us — we don’t need this child.”

Michael reread the message several times, as if hoping something would change. Then he looked at his niece, and she quietly said that Maksim hadn’t left without a reason. He had long been having a secret affair with her mother. While Anna was pregnant, they had decided everything between themselves. On the day of her discharge, they simply threw her out, without even giving her a chance to take her belongings.

Michael turned pale. He didn’t say anything, only gripped the phone tighter. Then he dialed a number and spoke calmly, almost casually:

“Do you remember that you owe me? It’s time to repay the debt.”

And then something happened that no one could have imagined  Continuation in the first comment 

He put the phone away and looked out the window. Anna was sitting there, holding the baby close, not understanding what would happen next. But she already felt that from that moment on, everything would change. Because her uncle never called without a reason.

As it later turned out, Michael hadn’t called just anyone. He had called his longtime friend — the commander of a special forces unit, with whom he had gone through more than one difficult period in his life.

That man owed his career precisely to Michael. At one time, Michael had pulled him out of serious trouble.

The conversation was short.

“I have a small request,” Michael said calmly. “Can your men go to my sister’s house? They need to scare her and the son-in-law a little, and then throw them out of the house. So that after this, I never hear about them again.”

On the other end of the line, no one was surprised.

“Should we use force or not?” they asked.

“If necessary, yes,” Michael replied just as calmly.

Half an hour later, the house where Anna had previously lived was still quiet and peaceful. Her husband and her mother were sitting at the table, drinking tea and discussing their affairs, convinced that everything was already settled and that nothing threatened them.

When the special forces burst into the house simultaneously through doors and windows, they didn’t immediately understand what was happening. They were quickly forced to the floor, without any chance to scream or resist.

Panic set in instantly when they saw the uniforms, the weapons, and heard the cold, precise commands.

It was made clear to them that this was neither a mistake nor a joke.

“If you ever hurt the girl again, you will regret it,” came the final warning.

After that, they were taken out of the house. From that day on, no one ever heard from them again.