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The way back to the residence took longer. Or maybe I thought so.The SUV, driven by Alyosha, was driving unusually smoothly. The roadside lights flashed brightly in the reflection of the ring that Boris put on me as a token of my belonging to him, as a token of confirmation that I was now Kira Angelova.He hugged me and I half-asleep clung to him, burying my nose in his neck. Only for this evening I was so nervous that I felt completely exhausted.What kind of complex and contradictory creatures we are, in one second we are confident in something, and in the next second we are no longer.Probably, I could be condemned, but in part I agreed with Boris. I remember when I heard how Sasha blamed everything on me, without even admitting that I was not to blame, I became very sad. Of course, I always knew that he was selfish and, to put it mildly, cowardly, but it was one thing to persuade me to spread my legs in front of someone in order to brush him out of trouble, and it was quite anoth
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The golden cigarette case, another gift from Boris, who had come to terms with my bad habit, strove to slip out of his sweaty palm.While I was getting ready, the car warmed up in the sun and from the heat of the leather seats, and even the air conditioner turned on by Alyosha did not save the heated roof with the sunroof tightly closed.Even Astakhov, summoned by Boris to guard me, was forced to part with his motorcycle jacket and holster, putting his pistols in the belt of his jeans and hiding the silencers in his pocket.Alyosha now and then looked askance at how they bulged out, and with all his appearance showed dissatisfaction not only with his presence in the front passenger seat, but with his presence in general.Every now and then I straightened a pale lemon dress with a rather open neckline that stuck to my damp body. When I chose it, I did not take into account that due to the thinness of the fabric I would have to wear a bra under it and, just thanks to the latter, the nec
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Rotating the cigarette case in my hands, I watched in a detached way as the smoke from Astakhov's cigarette was carried away through the half-open window, replacing the tobacco smell with evening freshness.For myself, I never decided whether I did the right thing with Yegor, in the sense that I went to him, and indeed, but meeting with him, especially his words, left me with an unpleasant aftertaste.So much love for you... It was... When everything was simple and clear, when only my brother was between us, and now... Now there was a staged death between us, arranged not by me, and a prison that Yegor built with his own hands , driving it into my head that I sold out, and even killed my brother, so as not to interfere with my happiness.So think that you know someone ... We are sometimes a mystery to ourselves, so what can we say about others.The sun was setting, but Astakhov faithfully held on to his glasses, like an incognito crawling over me with his eyes, like an ant. I think he
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The two days following the visit of the foreigner passed like a nightmare.I hardly left my room, stupidly watching through the window the movements of half-breeds in painted helmets, prowling under every pebble, in every flower bed every hour something that only they knew.Astakhov was either with them, or supervised the updating of video cameras and alarms, or received boxes, as I thought, with weapons.One got the impression that the house was preparing for war, and I could not get rid of the thought that I was partly to blame for this - the weak point of the owner of the city.Damn, at least put a slipper on it, there will be no sense!After two more days, I was ready to climb the wall. Firstly, due to the fact that my plans to hit the road to Diana and Yegor were covered with a copper basin. Boris asked me not to leave the house and, as an additional guard, assigned me his best shooter, who cheerfully followed me on my heels, managing at the same time to control his scumbags and
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The late evening flowed velvety through the half-open hatch of the off-road vehicle, which easily glided through the night city.When I opened the case, I expected to see anything but a scarlet strapless dress. Even when I saw sandals of the same color, it didn’t cross my mind that Boris’s gift could be so frank.The purest scarlet blood was covered with silk in the likeness of a second skin, while not restricting movement at all, it was hellishly combined with diamonds playing with fire.On the one hand, I found Boris's liberated whim as a sign that I was worried about Diana for nothing and that the problems with Koppel were settled. On the other hand... On the other hand, I felt naked and I had an unpleasant stomachache at the thought that I was going to some kind of feast during the plague.At the same time, I felt excited. My life, hardly mine with all the big words and statements, was once again taking a sharp turn regardless of my desires, and I was impatient for where it would
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- So you are already winding fishing rods? I chuckled, not noticing the heat coming from him. - Do you think that the game is not worth the candle? You're a corrupt dog, Astakhov, so wipe away a stingy, masculine tear and don't worry about anything: the war won't affect you,' I added, arching an eyebrow. “My husband will pay you well to guard my chest away from the flooded streets, and we will both survive your ignorance of courtesy.- Do you feel it? - Astakhov missed my causticity and put his hand to the place under my chest where the bullet he fired entered me. - Bullet, I mean. Do you feel it in you?"Sometimes," I replied, confused by the sudden change in subject and tone.- And now? The wolfhound looked into my eyes.He was tall and even in heels I was shorter than him."Now I feel your hand where it shouldn't be," I replied.Goosebumps ran up from the place where his hand touched, and as if trying to catch up with them and bring them back, his hand persistently touched his ches
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I turned around to face him and wrapped my arms around his neck.Ah, that bittersweet ultimatum! So classic. So banal. So masculine.He or I. Me or him.There is no third.I just didn’t understand one thing: if Grisha was going to kill Boris, how did he imagine that I could make a choice in favor of the dead man? Or did he think I might have warned Boris?And then what? Saying that he loves, put a bullet in my heart? Or, taking an example from the same Boris, will he simply captivate me in his loft?Grisha was waiting for an answer, but the persistent ringing of the phone answered for me and we both knew perfectly well who was calling.- In touch, - answered Grisha.Naked and shaggy, he lazily held his pipe over his shoulder as he lit a cigarette.- Glad to hear.He looked at me, narrowing one eye. The wolf on his chest was covered in smoke.- I am really tired. - I extended my hand, but Grisha remained in place, listening indifferently to Boris' next question. - She is sleeping. Unde
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In the cemetery, under low-growing trees, the colors of summer bloomed, decorating the graves of our loved ones who had left us.I laid flowers on the graves of my mother, brother, and that unfortunate woman who had a bad card to die under my name, and kneeling down, I collected the fallen leaves brought by the wind with my hand.When I came here, it seemed to me that I had something to say to them, but now ... Now I found it stupid and pointless. They were dead and could no longer hear me, as well as answer my requests for forgiveness.- Where now? Alyosha asked, twirling the car keys in his hands.Everything was over and we were in this accursed city, standing on the threshold of the division of power, nothing kept us. Except, maybe...“Forgive me, Alyosha,” I said with pain, looking into his eyes.My faithful and only friend smiled warmly and I realized that he knew everything. Maybe not from the beginning, but he knew. He knew everything and still stayed with me.- Oh really! Alyo
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