It was already ten o'clock in the evening, but my husband was still not there. It got dark outside, dinner had cooled down long ago, Vadim did not answer his phone calls. The agitated wife was nervous and ran to her husband in the workshop. Vadim slept like a dead sleep right on the table. Did he really get drunk again until he lost consciousness, because he promised that he would not touch alcohol again. And suddenly he again took up the old …
Two weeks ago, Vadim rented a semi-basement and opened his own workshop. Finally, the master will belong to himself, and not work for someone else's uncle. Only the new neighbors, helping to furnish the workshop, behaved strangely. They told Vadim to think carefully - this place has a bad reputation. But the shoemaker objected. Yes, if you believe in all these mystical tales, then you need to stay at home and not stick your nose out into the street. Vadim has a new life now, and he doesn't want to think about anything bad!
The shoemaker decided to get to work immediately, but in a strange way a piece of red leather and scissors appeared on his desk. It was as if someone had already started work, but left. Vadim clearly remembered that he did not have such material. The master was confused, but the first client distracted him from these thoughts. The girl brought the shoes - she was very glad that shoe repairs opened here again, right next to her house. Soon all local residents learned about the workshop.
The next day another client came into the workshop. The man turned out to be talkative, he said that he had been fixing shoes in this workshop for 20 years and still remembered the first shoemaker. His name was Arkady, he was a widower.
The shoemaker worked day and night in the workshop, and his daughter spent all the time with her father. More often they barely made ends meet. He worked around the clock so that the girl had everything. His Tanyusha dreamed of red boots. She asked her father to sew these. Arkady promised - the daughter was the only joy. But suddenly Arkady was gone (a transient illness), and not a single shoemaker has stayed in the workshop for a long time since then. They will work for a month and have only seen them.
At that moment, the master again heard someone's voice. He turned around - the man in a work shirt and apron was standing in front of him again. The ghost called Vadim to follow him, the young man obeyed. He saw this workshop as if through the eyes of that very Arkady, probably, this is how it looked 20 years ago. Little Tanyusha rehearsed a new dance in front of the mirror.
Vadim came home after midnight and was drunk, his wife attacked her husband with reproaches. But can you explain it to her? He himself did not fully understand what had happened to him - not every day you meet with ghosts. Vadim decided to help Arkady by all means. He will sew these boots for his daughter, whatever the cost! The master never sewed such shoes - no one wears such boots anymore (out of fashion), but he will try. And the master set to work: he cut the leather and began to cut. The ghost of Arkady sat next to him and watched from the side. An unfulfilled promise during his lifetime kept him on the ground, and Vadim himself felt like Arkady's feelings.
The wife went to bed for a long time, but Vadim did not go. For the third night she slept alone. The woman did not understand what was happening to her beloved husband, because he practically did not sleep, did not eat anything, and became silent. The bed was not crumpled - Vadim did not go to bed again.
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Vadim got down to business with even greater zeal. The boots were exactly like the ghost of the shoemaker described. Working painstakingly on them, Vadim completely forgot about other orders. Customers who handed in their shoes two weeks ago were outraged that their shoes and boots were still not ready. They paid in advance. Vadim told everyone the same thing - tomorrow he will fix all their shoes. He asked to wait only one day, because the boots for Arkady's daughter were almost finished, all that was left was to nail the heels. Dissatisfied clients threatened to tell everyone what an irresponsible person he was.
Vadim spent the next night in the workshop. The desperate wife went down to her husband, who was sitting with his face buried in the table. She was on the verge of despair. Having come to his senses, Vadim decided to tell his wife why he was nervous these two weeks - he was making boots for the ghost's daughter. She, of course, did not believe it. What ghosts! He himself said that there is nothing to believe in all mystical nonsense! Vadim gave the address to his wife, where the red boots should be taken.
In order not to upset her husband, the woman agreed to take the boots to the right address. If only it was all over. There were indeed red shoes on the table. She took her shoes and drove off. The woman immediately found the right street and house, but she felt like a complete fool. And if there is no girl at this address? What if they put her out with those damn boots? She decided not to explain anything to the owners of the apartment, leaving her boots on the doorstep. Will call and run away in the end. She fulfilled Vadim's request.
Adult Tatyana was in disarray - the very boots from her childhood dreams were on the threshold. But how did they get here, because she did not tell anyone about it. While Tatyana was pondering whether she should take the boots or it was some kind of mistake, her daughter Mashenka was already looking at the wonderful shoes. The girl asked her mother to take the boots for herself - she really liked them.
With a sense of accomplishment, the woman returned home. The husband has gone somewhere. She knew where to look for him - the wife came to the workshop. And Vadim, as if nothing had happened, sat at his workplace and glued another shoe. The man was completely calm and content, and the ghost of Arkady finally calmed down.
