
23/07/2025
A nurse took in a homeless man with amnesia—and a year later discovered who he really was.
“No papers? No name, no address?”
Elena frowned as she looked at the patient's medical record. Her voice was firm, but her eyes showed concern.
“No,” the elderly orderly replied, shaking her head. “They found him in the park, on a bench. His body temperature was almost below freezing. A small bruise on the back of his head. It's a miracle he didn't freeze to death in that cold.”
Elena shifted her gaze to the man: around forty years old, lying under an IV drip, pale but calm. An ordinary face, lightly touched by the gray of his beard. Neat, well-groomed hands—he clearly didn't look like a homeless person.
“He's been regaining consciousness for five days, but we still can't establish his identity,” the doctor rubbed his nose tiredly, adjusting his glasses. "The police are checking the databases, but there are no matches. We'll keep him for another week, then send him to a social center."
"Can I talk to him?" Elena asked suddenly, surprised even by herself. She didn't understand why this man sparked so much interest in her.
"Good morning! How are you today?" Elena entered the room with a thermometer and some medicine.
"Fine, thank you," the man smiled. "I dreamed something strange last night... Like I was in a field among unusual plants. I was touching the leaves, looking at them..."
"That's a good sign," Elena said softly, taking his pulse. "It means your memory might return. What would you like me to call you?"
He thought for a moment.
"Andrey. I think that's my name."
Three days later, he was sitting up in bed, slightly hunched over.
"I'll be discharged tomorrow," he said softly. — It's strange, but what scares me most isn't that I don't remember the past... It's that I have no idea about my future.
Elena looked into his eyes—gray, calm, but with deep confusion inside. Then she said firmly:
—I have a spare room. You can stay with us. Until you figure this out.
—Who did you bring home? Elena's son, Maxim, didn't even try to hide his displeasure. —Really, Mom? A strange man living with us?
—He's a good person, Max. He's just homeless right now.
—How do you know he's good? He doesn't even know who he is!
—Sometimes you just have to believe,—Elena put a hand on her son's shoulder.—It's temporary. And I feel like he truly deserves our trust.
Andrey tried to be discreet, almost like a shadow. He got up before everyone else, ate breakfast alone, washed his dishes, helped around the house. He didn't bother anyone, didn't ask for anything.
Two weeks later, Maxim came home feeling discouraged.
"I failed the exam," he grumbled.
"Maybe I can help you?" Andrey offered unexpectedly. "Algebra is like a system. If you understand its language, it becomes easier."
Maxim handed him the textbook skeptically. Andrey flipped through the pages—his expression changed. More thoughtful.
"Yes, there's nothing complicated here. Shall we go over it together?"
Two hours later, Maxim was looking at Andrey respectfully.
"You explain things like a teacher."
"Thank you, Elena," Elena's best friend Marina once said over tea. "Your Andrey literally saved my business. All the plants in a client's office started wilting—and he restored everything in two days. He even identified that the water in the irrigation system was contaminated."
"I didn't know he knew so much about plants," Elena was surprised.
— He's like a living encyclopedia! He talks about plants as if they were friends. That they sense water, respond to light... I asked him, 'Are you a biologist?' And he just shrugged.
That evening, Elena told Andrey about this.
—Strange,—he said thoughtfully. —I don't remember where I learned all this. I just look at a plant—and the words come by themselves. Like opening a book I read a long time ago.
—Mom, have you seen Andrey play the piano?—Maxim excitedly told her one afternoon. —We passed by the sheet music store, and there was an old piano. He just touched the keys—and started playing! Like a pro!
—I didn't play,—Andrey replied timidly. —The fingers moved on their own. As if remembering a forgotten melody.
—That was Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata!" Maxim added, his eyes shining.
Every day, Elena noticed that Andrey was becoming more thoughtful. At night, she heard him pacing around the room, as if trying to catch something important that was eluding him.
"I feel like I'm about to remember," he admitted one morning. "Fragments of memories. Faces. Voices. But it's like a silent movie with half the frames missing."
And then everything really began to change.
They lived under the same roof for three months. One day, returning from the market, Elena heard:
"Sergey! Sergey Verkhovsky!" called a tall man walking with them. "Wait! It's him!"
Andrey turned sharply, but kept walking.
"You're mistaken," Elena replied calmly. "His name is Andrey."
"No," the stranger insisted. "This is Sergey Verkhovsky. A professor of botany. We met at a conference last year!"
Andrey hesitated, looked at Elena.
"I have amnesia. I don't remember who I am."
The man left his phone number, but Andrey never called him. That night, he sat staring out the window.
"I'm afraid to remember," he finally said. "What if there's something terrible in my past? What if I'm not who I seem now?"
"Are you afraid you'll have to leave us?" Elena asked.
Andrey looked at her in surprise.
"Yes... Maybe." I've grown attached to you. To you. To Maxim.
Late at night, there was a knock on the door. Maxim was already asleep. A middle-aged man with a professional expression stood on the threshold.
—Hello, my name is Nikolay Zimin. I'm a private detective. I'm looking for a botanist who disappeared a year ago. Someone recognized your guest and informed me. May I speak to him?
Elena went cold, but called Andrey.
—Andrey, it's for you...
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