Lyosha decided that what they needed was to speak in person, not in the mall or in the street, but in private. Sasha just needed to feel safe. Lyosha found a classified-ad newspaper in which people offered apartments for rent by the day. He called, he paid, he picked up the key and called Sasha with the address. He cooked supper and waited. Sasha came. He said, “I can’t.” He said, “I’m sorry. I should not have let this go on. I can’t. I hope you can forgive me.” Lyosha said, “Don’t ask me to forgive you. I just hope you can forgive yourself.” Lyosha thought it was all too much like a movie,
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Aw. 😔
