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Ethan stayed behind to help support his mother.
The night before Maya left, they met beneath their old oak tree.
Neither wanted to say goodbye.
Neither knew how.
“I’ll come back,” Maya promised.
“You better.”
“You’ll probably be rich by then.”
Ethan smiled.
“I’m working on it.”
For a moment, neither spoke.
Then Maya hugged him.
The embrace lasted only seconds.
Yet both remembered it for years.
The next morning, she was gone.
The Long Road to Success
Life became difficult after Maya left.
Ethan worked construction during the day.
At night, he studied business books borrowed from the public library.
Most people considered his dreams unrealistic.
Some laughed openly.
Others advised him to be practical.
But Ethan remembered something Maya once said.
“You won’t always be poor.”
Whenever obstacles appeared, those words pushed him forward.
Years later, he started a small home renovation business.
The beginning was rough.
Clients were scarce.
Money remained tight.
There were moments he nearly quit.
Yet he refused.
Slowly, things improved.
One satisfied customer became three.
Three became ten.
Ten became fifty.
Within a decade, Ethan’s company expanded across multiple cities.
The poor boy who once skipped meals became a successful entrepreneur.
His promise had come true.
At least partially.
He had become rich.
But there was one problem.
He had lost contact with Maya.
Searching for Maya
Over the years, Ethan occasionally searched online.
Sometimes he found social media profiles.
