05/06/2025
Their daughter disappeared in 1990, on the day of her graduation. And 22 years later, the father found an old photo album.
Their daughter Lena disappeared in 1990 — on the day of her graduation.
It was a warm June night. The sky was sprinkled with stars, and the house smelled of lilacs and fresh baking — her mother had baked her favorite vanilla cake. Lena was twirling in front of the mirror in a blue dress, laughing, and her father, Nikolay, watching her, suddenly thought: «This is true happiness…»
After the graduation party, Lena never came back home. Not that night, not the next day, not even a week later. The search went on for a long time, but it was all in vain. The police shrugged their shoulders, witnesses’ statements contradicted each other, and the only lead — stories about a girl on the highway — turned out to be false.
Years passed. Olga, her mother, almost stopped leaving the house. Nikolay aged prematurely. Hope, like a small flame in an old lamp, gradually faded.
And then — the year 2012.
One rainy October day, Nikolay was going up to the attic to tidy up. The air was full of dust; around him were boxes with books, old toys, and junk. Suddenly, he found a photo album. The very one — with childhood photos of Lena: school performances, summer trips, first grade…
Opening it, he felt his heart tighten with memories. Here she was in her school uniform, there with friends in the yard. But one photo looked unfamiliar. It definitely hadn’t been there before.
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