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«Daddy, you're my hero». ❤️ I remember that exact moment down to the smallest detail. And the way the ground literally fell away from beneath my feet. I'm a single dad. My name is Maximilian Penrose. I'm 35 years old and I live in London, in a small rented flat in Bromley. Little Maxi's mum… that's a complicated subject. When we split up, she moved abroad—at first she promised to call and help, and then she simply vanished. She changed her phone number, her social media accounts, and decided to start a «new life». There was never any child support or financial help of any kind. I stopped relying on that two years ago. I simply learned to be both dad and mum to my 7-year-old son all at once. Because when you're a child's only support system, you don't have the luxury of showing weakness. I work in construction and property renovations. Every single morning: cement, dust, heavy tools, sites on the other side of the city. You come home exhausted, hands covered in blisters, back aching, but you quickly put the kettle on, check homework, and try to smile so your child doesn't see how hard every new day really is. I receive government support, but in the reality of a huge city and with today's prices, it barely covers the basics. The rent on our two-bedroom flat is £1,600 a month. Add in council tax, electricity bills, school supplies, winter clothes, and groceries—and by the end of the month, the bank account is often left looking at pure zeros. I tried saving on everything. I bought the cheapest clothes for myself and wore the exact same jacket for a third winter in a row. But when my son needed a new laptop for schoolwork or a proper winter coat, and there was a howling gale blowing through my wallet—that was precisely when the floor vanished beneath my feet. Last week, Maxi's old shoes finally fell apart completely on a street corner. He went quiet, lowered his head, and said softly: — Daddy… it's fine, I can run around in these a bit longer, with some black t
