The reunion

It was a dark and stormy day in the small town of Oakville. The rain was pouring down and the wind was blowing hard. In the midst of the storm, a man walked down Main Street. He was wearing a black raincoat and a hood, which covered his face.

The man walked with a brisk and determined step. He didn't seem interested in anything around him. He just walked, with his face hidden by the hood.

Suddenly, the man stopped in front of a house. He looked at the house for a few seconds before ringing the doorbell.

The door opened and a woman appeared. She was wearing a nightgown and was barefoot. She looked like she had been asleep.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"It's me," the man said. "I need to talk to you."

The woman was surprised. "What do you want?" she asked.

"I need you to help me," the man said. "I'm in trouble."

The woman hesitated for a moment before taking a step back and letting the man in.

The man came into the house and closed the door behind him. The woman looked at him, waiting for him to say something.

But the man didn't say anything. He just took off his hood and looked at the woman.

The woman gasped and turned to run away. But the man grabbed her arm and stopped her.

"Don't be afraid," he said. "I won't hurt you."

The woman looked the man in the eyes. "Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm your son," the man said.

The woman was speechless. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"How is that possible?" she asked. "I thought you were dead."

"I wasn't dead," the man said. "I was kidnapped."

The woman was crying. "Oh, my son," she said. "I can't believe you're alive."

The man hugged her and the woman cried on his shoulder.

After a few minutes, the woman wiped her tears. "What happened?" she asked.

The man told her everything that had happened. He told her how he was kidnapped, how he was taken to a foreign country, how he was forced to work in a mine. He told her how he finally escaped and how he came to Oakville.

The woman listened attentively. When the man finished telling his story, she gave him a hug.

"I'm so happy you're okay," she said. "I can't believe you've been through so much."

The man smiled. "I'm fine," he said. "Now that I'm with you, I'm fine."

The woman and the man sat on the couch and talked for hours. They told each other everything that had happened to them since they last saw each other. They laughed, cried, and hugged.

At the end of the night, the woman and the man felt happy and relieved to be together again. They knew that everything they had been through had been worth it.

The next day, the woman and the man went to the police. The police contacted the foreign authorities and eventually found the kidnappers. The kidnappers were arrested and brought to justice.

The woman and the man were able to rebuild their lives. The woman got a job and the man went to college. They got married and had children. They lived happily ever after.

However, the happiness of the woman and the man was shadowed by the fact that they could never forget what had happened. The woman was always afraid that her kidnappers would come back and take her son away again. The man always had nightmares about his time in the mine.

Despite their fears, the woman and the man worked hard to live a normal life. They had two children, a boy and a girl. They raised them with love and attention.

The children of the woman and the man never knew what their parents had gone through. They believed that their parents were normal people who had lived normal lives.

When the children of the woman and the man grew up, they had children of their own. The children of the children of the woman and the man also never knew what their grandparents had gone through. They believed that their grandparents were normal people who had lived normal lives.

And so, the story of the woman and the man was passed down from generation to generation, becoming a legend. A legend about a mother who never gave up hope of finding her son.