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Learn English through Stories Level 3 ⭐ My Son Left Me - Emotional English Story for Listening Practice   My name is Jennifer. I am sixty-three years old. I am an old woman. I live alone in my small house. My husband left me a long time ago. I have only one son. His name is Robin. Robin was very little when my husband left us. After my husband left, I had no money, no job, no place to live. I had to earn money, and also take care of my son.   #englishlearning #LanguageMastery #learnenglishthroughstory    #gradedreaderlevel3  #learnenglishthroughstorylevel3  #ieltspreparation  #improveyourenglish  #ielts_listening   #englishstorywithsubtitle  #englishstorywithsubtites  #englishlisteningpractice  #englishaudiobook  #gradedreader  #englishstories  #learnenglishthroughstories  #englishstory  #englishstoryforlisteningtoimproveenglish  #listeningenglishstory  #englishstoryforlistening  #gradedreader  #learnenglishonline  #bestenglishstory  #bestenglishstories

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00:00My name is Jennifer. I am 63 years old. I am an old woman. I live alone in my small house.

00:10My husband left me a long time ago. I have only one son. His name is Robin.

00:17Robin was very little when my husband left us.

00:21I don't think Robin even remembers him. He does not want to talk about his father.

00:28My life has not been simple.

00:32After my husband left, I had no money, no job, no place to live.

00:39I had to earn money and also take care of my son.

00:45I worked two jobs to earn money to pay rent, buy food, and pay bills.

00:53Being a single mother was a difficult job.

00:56I worked hard every day. I gave up many things for my son.

01:03I gave up my own dreams so he could follow his.

01:08I wanted to give Robin a good life.

01:12I wanted him to have everything he needed.

01:16I wanted my son to be happy.

01:18I believed he would always stay by my side no matter what happened in life.

01:26But everything changed when Robin turned 25.

01:32He met a woman named Amelia.

01:36He was so happy when he told me about her.

01:39One Sunday, he brought her to my house for dinner.

01:43At first, she seemed very nice.

01:47She told me I had a beautiful home.

01:50She said my cooking was wonderful.

01:54But when I looked into her eyes,

01:56I knew that something was wrong.

01:59I did not see honesty in Amelia's eyes.

02:03But I said nothing.

02:05I wanted Robin to be happy, so I smiled back at her.

02:10After that first meeting, Amelia began to change my son.

02:16She was very clever.

02:19She never said bad things about me directly.

02:23Instead, she gave small suggestions to Robin.

02:28Amelia told Robin that his clothes were old.

02:33She said he should try expensive restaurants

02:37instead of eating my food every week.

02:41She talked about her modern friends.

02:45And soon, Robin did not have time for his old friends anymore.

02:51He started to talk like her and act like her friends.

02:56He was becoming a different person.

02:59Someone I did not know.

03:01He was not my Robin anymore.

03:05Robin stopped visiting me on the weekends.

03:09Our Sunday dinners became a memory.

03:12At first, he made excuses.

03:15He said he was busy with work or he was tired.

03:20Then the excuses stopped.

03:22He just did not come.

03:25His phone calls became shorter,

03:28and he always seemed busy.

03:30I have to go, mother, he said.

03:33I missed his voice.

03:35I missed my son.

03:37My house felt quiet and empty without him.

03:41One day, I couldn't stay silent anymore.

03:45I knew I had to speak to Robin.

03:48So, I called him.

03:50I said, Robin, my son.

03:55I am worried about you.

03:57You seem different.

03:59I tried to tell him about my feelings for Amelia,

04:03but he did not listen.

04:05He became angry.

04:07You are just jealous, mother, he said.

04:11You don't want me to be happy with someone else.

04:15My heart broke.

04:17His words hurt me more than anything.

04:20He did not understand that I only wanted to protect him.

04:26He thought I was selfish.

04:28He chose Amelia, not me.

04:31My eyes filled with tears.

04:32A stranger was stealing my son,

04:36and I could not do anything to stop it.

04:39One evening, I could not stay at home anymore.

04:44I missed my son very much.

04:46It had been many weeks since his last phone call.

04:49I needed to see him.

04:52I needed to know what was wrong.

04:55Maybe if I could just talk to him,

04:58I could make everything right again.

05:01I took a bus and went to the apartment where my son now lived.

05:08My hands were shaking as I pushed the button for the elevator.

05:13I went up to the fourth floor.

05:16I found the door with the number 22.

05:18This was it.

05:21This was Robin's new home.

05:24I stood there for a moment.

05:27My heart was beating very fast.

05:30I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

05:35I prayed that Robin would open the door.

05:39But Robin did not open the door.

05:42Amelia did.

05:44She looked at me with cold eyes.

05:51There was no smile on her face.

05:54Hello, Amelia, I said.

05:56Is Robin home?

05:57I really need to talk to him.

06:00Amelia did not move.

06:02She said,

06:03Robin is home, but he does not want to see you.

06:07My world stopped.

06:08I could not understand.

06:11What do you mean?

06:13I said.

06:13Please let me see my son.

06:16Amelia shook her head and said,

06:19Jennifer, you need to leave.

06:21Robin needs his freedom.

06:22I felt confused.

06:25I said, freedom.

06:27Freedom from what?

06:29Amelia looked at me.

06:31Freedom from you, she said.

06:34He says you are too controlling.

06:36He says you try to live his life for him.

06:40He wants to make his own choices now.

06:43Robin was there, but he would not come to the door.

07:02He wanted to stay away from me.

07:04Robin was gone.

07:07He had chosen a new life, and I was not part of it.

07:11I could not breathe.

07:13I turned away from the door.

07:15I did not say goodbye.

07:18There was nothing left to say.

07:21My son did not want me.

07:23I was left alone.

07:25Robin did not call.

07:27One day passed, then two days.

07:31Soon a week was gone.

07:33The week slowly turned into months.

07:36I looked at the telephone every day, hoping it would ring.

07:41But it never rang.

07:43I looked at the window, hoping to see Robin's car on the street, but he never came.

07:51There were no letters, no calls, and no visits.

07:56He promised he would never leave me.

07:59I could not sleep.

08:01I could not eat.

08:03I cried every day.

08:04I cried every day.

08:05When I went outside, people looked at me.

08:09They probably thought I was a bad mother.

08:13They thought I did something wrong to make my son go away.

08:18I wanted to tell them it was not my fault.

08:21But I said nothing.

08:24One morning, I opened the newspaper.

08:27I saw a name that made my heart stop.

08:30It was my son's name, Robin.

08:35My hands began to shake as I read the story.

08:39The article was about Robin and his wife, Amelia.

08:43It said Amelia had another man.

08:47The other man was Robin's best friend.

08:50I could not believe what I was reading.

08:54My poor son was all alone.

08:56I wanted to help him.

08:59I am his mother.

09:01I wanted to run to his house and hug him.

09:05I wanted to tell him that I was there for him.

09:09But then I remembered standing at his door.

09:13I remembered Amelia's face when she told me to leave.

09:17Robin chose her.

09:19He chose to leave me.

09:21I wanted to call him, but I was scared.

09:25What if he did not want to talk to me?

09:28I loved my son, but I was afraid of being hurt again.

09:33Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

09:38This was strange.

09:40Who could be here?

09:42Nobody visited me anymore.

09:44I took a deep breath and opened the door.

09:49It was Robin, my son.

09:54He looked so different.

09:56His face was pale.

09:58His eyes were red.

10:00He did not look like the man who left me five years ago.

10:04His eyes were full of tears.

10:07Mother, he cried.

10:09Mother, I'm so sorry.

10:11I'm so, so sorry.

10:14My heart stopped.

10:16I put my arms around him and hugged him.

10:18He was not the man who broke my heart.

10:21He was just my son, and he was home.

10:24My son is finally home.

10:27Robin lives with me again in our old house.

10:31Now I hear his voice every day.

10:34I do not cry at night anymore.

10:37I sleep peacefully because I know Robin is safe in the next room.

10:41Some people ask me if I am still angry.

10:46They ask how I can forgive him so easily.

10:50They do not understand a mother's heart.

10:55When I look at Robin, nothing is more important than having him back.

11:00It will never be exactly the same as before, but it can be strong again.

11:07Families can hurt each other, but they can also heal.

11:13Love is a powerful thing.

11:16It can fix what was broken and bring back what was lost.

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