“What, Valery? “I insisted. Tell me.
She sighed loudly, and his expression was mixed with concern and bravado.
She whispered:
“I think Lucian made it disappear.
Holy mother of all holy mothers, was that happening? Had Valery just said that? You won't understand this yet either: but my heart was racing strangely, as if those words excited, frightened, surprised, and confused me; all at the same time, all on the same level.
“It's a very serious accusation.... “was what came out of my mouth.
Valery nodded in sorrow and took another anxious puff on his cigarette, to keep from bursting into tears again.
“I know, I know, I know, but it's just that...
Then he told me about it.
One day the year before, she had gone off campus with a boy. They went to the restaurant of a popular hotel outs
