Damian ran down the stairs jumping two steps at a time. The fear that told him to run was his old acquaintance. A fear that told him that someone important to him could be gone at any moment - gone forever.
His mother had been ill for as long as he could remember, but she always tried to give the impression that she was better than she actually was. She did not want to upset her family. Besides, in those days there was no chance for her to get better, so she wanted neither to pity those close to her, nor build hope in them, nor frighten them with the worst. Therefore she endured her suffering, her pain, alone. Until one day she simply lost consciousness while working.
Her health got much worse when Damian was in his first year of high school. It worsened so much that it was then that Damian first began to realize his mother's mortality, and it was not a good feeling. It was a feeling that caused vivid fear.
His mother's condition had deteriorated so much that ev
In one second, Rafał was flooded with all the black emotions and thoughts that were connected with Tomek. He remembered his inappropriate jokes about impotence, the rumors he spread among their friends and the laughter that cut like a scalpel in unskilled hands - blindly and deeply.Since they had left school, Rafał had had no relationship with Tomek. It had been seven years or so, during which Brylski had done everything to forget the cruelty of his "friend" and to be able to trust people again. He had worked on himself every day until he had finally managed to trust Damian and actually start living a normal life for the first time, so why was Tomek now standing before his eyes again?Rafał smiled awkwardly. The sight of his former friend was so surprising to him that he didn't know how to react. Should he pretend to enjoy the meeting, as if nothing bad had ever happened between them, or should he ignore him, pretend not to know him and get the problem over with? Befo
Damian was more than just a producer to Brylski. He was his potential friend and the man who had discovered the pleasures of physical intimacy to Rafał. Rafał shouldn't, no he couldn't like a helpless child run to him for help. He has to deal with the problem alone. But does he have the right to do so?His hand dropped.This blackmail is not only Rafał's private affair, after all, he knows it very well. When the good of the whole production is at stake, Brylski has no choice but to seek help from someone responsible for it, and he will not ask Różycki for help. This left only Damian. Rafał must swallow his masculine pride and inform Radosz about the potential trouble, even if it costs him a role in the series.The young actor took a deep breath and called. As he waited for the connection he felt like the pain was going to burst his chest. What Tomek had done now hurt. How could he so cruelly use the trust placed in him?Damian didn't answer and Raf
“It's wet,” Tobiasz Mońka pointed out the obvious fact without taking his eyes off the huge puddle that stood in the middle of the set. “There will be a slip in shooting again...”Jarek Kurek, the assistant director standing next to him, shook his head.“It will not happen," he reassured his colleague. “The actresses' skirts will be rolled up and only the upper parts of the body will be shot. What needs to be filmed in its entirety will be processed by computer. Różycki said.”“Thank God! Don't get me wrong, but I have a less than favorable impression of this location. I would bemoan the fact that we've already moved to another location.”“I know what you mean," sighed Jarek Kurek. “People are even starting to say that Radosz is the one who brought us bad luck.”Mońka snorted and smacked his lips. Sure, everything started to flow differently when Damian Radosz appeared o
No matter. Jarek was not one of those people who would stick their nose into other people's business. Although this time he felt like making an exception.Life on the movie set was getting more and more energetic. In a moment the shooting was about to start. Jarek Kurek looked through the gathered extras and actors trying to find Brylski with his eyes.Brylski himself, already in the costume, was looking around carefully as if he was looking for somebody. It was strange, because the young actor usually did not show such a commotion. Perhaps he was expecting some guest on the set? But Kurek did not know anything about it and he was the one responsible for issuing passes to the film set.Jarek decided to ask directly. Perhaps the actor did not know about this procedure or he simply forgot about it and was expecting someone he could not see because he had not registered this person as a guest?“Good morning, Mr Brylski” the assistant director app
Damian was a human being, not an animal, so how could he have so thoughtlessly given into his urges and had sex with this innocent, absolutely sweet man that was Rafał? He, who was not gay and on top of that was engaged!It was the height of decency. Totally irresponsible. But it had happened, Damian had started something and now he would be acting like garbage if he didn't take responsibility. If after that night Rafał, overcoming his shyness, tried to contact him, it meant he had a reason. Radosz couldn't just ignore him. That would be pigheaded.“Danusia, I'm sorry, but someone on the set tried to contact me. It could be something important...”Damian stepped aside and called Brylski. He wasn't sure if the actor would answer the phone, since he might currently be on set, but at least he would know that Radosz hadn't pounced on him.Brylski, however, picked up after the fourth beep and Damian's heart leapt.“Rafal, I'm sorry I d
Justyna showed up at the hospital as quickly as if she had arrived on a private jet rather than waiting for a cruise connection. As she ran to him down the hospital corridor, Damian felt his heart grow lighter for a moment. But when the young woman threw herself into his arms assuring him of her devotion, love and concern for his mother's health, Radosz felt as if he had just been led to torture.“How is your mother?”The question was full of sincere concern and anxiety, as if asked not by a future daughter-in-law, but by a native daughter. Justyna's voice and her embrace were warm and healing, and Damian again felt a peace sweep over him.Justyna is the woman he loves. She is his fiancée. What Radosz did that night was a stupid mistake that he will never repeat again. Justyna is the person he will spend the rest of his life with and he will be happy with her.“It will be okay," he reassured his fiancée. “Thank you fo
For Rafal Brylski, the coming day was going to be very important because of the scenes happening there. But despite this knowledge, Rafal was unable to sleep a wink. Not when he had in his mind the conversation with Tomek awaiting him in the morning.The first swallow of spring was also a cause of insomnia for him. Could a man, who almost all his young life thought that he would never experience pleasure from being with another human being, that he was broken, flawed and in general lacking something as a human being, sleep peacefully when the night before his heart and body had turned to pleasure?For Rafał, no matter how he looked at it, the night with Damian was such a powerful sensation that every passing moment from it did not bring him reassurance, rather more anxiety. Once someone has had a taste of heaven, they miss it, crave it, and waiting to return to it is agonizing for that person. That was exactly how Rafał waited for Damian to return.It was abnorm
Rafał looked at Anita, a really pretty young woman who now, instead of being at the university doing a master's degree, was accompanying him on a film set. Anita said that she could always finish her studies, and the chance to work on the production of a series happened to few people and perhaps once in a lifetime. That is why she decided to follow him.Brylski knew, however, that this was not true. His friend dropped out of college not for the fun of working on the set, not for the dreams associated with it, but for him. Anita followed him because she had to take care of him.This compulsion was not imposed on her by anyone. Not now that they were both adults. However, Anita still felt a responsibility for the boy she had saved many years ago. She still wanted to take care of him. Rafał knew that well.Following him through all those years of high school, college and now work, Anita didn't even have time to start dating. Who knows if she even had the opportunit