THE SORROWS BURIED BY TIME
The months that passed had settled over the city like a blanket, concealing sharp griefs and accustoming the neighbourhood to the lie that "life goes on." For Selin, those months had been like the construction of a dream in which the impossible had become real. In the apartment across the hall — vacated when Kerem moved out — "Mert Gürsoy" now lived. Introduced as Kerem's successful and mysterious cousin recently returned from abroad, Mert had quickly earned the neighbourhood's respect. Nobody even considered the possibility that this man was Murat Gürsoy, laid in the ground months before; the resemblances were brushed off with the cliché "people can look alike." Last week's engagement ceremony had been a turning point in Selin's life. For the neighbours it was a grieving woman finding he
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