Chapter IV
Elisabeta DonciuTime passed, oblivious to it all, as time passes. Victor returned home, discreetly. The town’s respectable citizens noticed nothing, and those who had, were encouraged to forget.
His parents were satisfied with the youth’s vague explanations, too relieved to insist on further clarification. And, besides, everyone knew that Victor had been at home, sick.
All that remained in the aftermath of the affair was a friendship that struggled to be born. Adriana, Cecilia, Gelu and Victor felt bound to each other by a sort of silent vow. They shared a mystery, a guilty knowledge which they needed to bury together. The meeting that evening had marked the four of them as members of a secret society. Each one felt that the other three were connected in some way, that they w
