Chapter 12
The doorbell broke the silence the next morning. Hastily throwing a coat on, I opened the door in one swift motion, and shouted, “Good morning, come in”! As I was sure that our neighbour was fulfilling her duty with the early morning visit, I continued to dig in the closet in search of my emerald scarf.
“Hello”, Sava stood on my doorstep.
Mother looked out into the corridor, and quietly greeted him and hurriedly disappeared, hiding an awkward, shy smile.
“Hello”, I swallowed half the sound from surprise. “I rather expected your call”, I said, confused.
Sava closed the door behind him because the cold autumn air had already started to spread over the floor of my warm house.
“Forgive me for the invasion! I could not deprive myself of the joy of seeing you. Can I accompany yo
