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“Try doing it from this side, “ Candy says and I turn the cloth.
“Like this?”
“Perfect,” she says, “you have a natural talent for these things.”
“Not really. “
“You do. Now come on - enough working for today. Did you get up at five?”
“I just couldn't sleep. “
She looks at me pointedly.
“I am fine, really. I was excited. “
“I can accept that. Only that. ” Candy says. “In that case- coffee?”
“Yes! “ I get up from the sewing machine and we head to the kitchen. It’s a comfortable modern apartment and at the same time, there is something very cosy about it. It's evident she's chosen everything carefully. It looks like an actual home. I spent years in that house with my parents and it never felt like a real home, ever.
“I will be in the store today,” Candy says, while making
