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She wants to kill me the next time she sees me? By all means. Anything for my beautiful wife.
“Miss me, wife?”
“You are my wife.” I snort, feeling my expression close off until it’s too tight to even speak, but I force the words out. “If you think I’ll fall for that, then you’ve really overestimated your abilities, Kirill. What a shame. Seems your new position and life have taken away your critical thinking.”
“Not another move or I’ll shoot you.” “Do it.” He taps his chest. “Right here so it’s fatal this time.”
“I told you to stop!” I yell, my voice raw, as if I’ve been screaming for days. “I won’t. Not now, not ever. You’re my wife and you belong by my side.” “Fuck you, Kirill. If you think I’ll ever go back to you, or that I feel the slightest affection toward you, then you must’ve really lost your touch.”
“What the fuck is wrong with you?” I point my rifle at his left shoulder keeping him an arm’s length away. “You.” “Stay away from me!” “I can’t. You’re my wife. Till death do us part, remember?” “Have you lost your mind?” “Probably.” “Kirill, stay away, I mean it.” “I won’t. I mean it. You can shoot my other arm and I will walk to you. If you take my legs, I’ll crawl to you.” “Are you crazy?” “When it comes to you? Possibly.” He pushes against the rifle with impossible strength, considering his right arm is fucked. “So unless you kill me, you won’t be able to stop me.”
“Congratulations,” she announces. “You’re pregnant.”
My brother and my friend are sleeping, arms wrapped around each other’s waists and foreheads connected. And they’re naked.
I KNEW IT!!
“Fuck” and “Shit” echo behind me, followed by groans and fumbling of clothes. I slam my eyes shut, even though I’m turned away. I don’t want to risk accidentally witnessing their nudity and traumatizing myself for life.
“I don’t only love you. I’m nothing without you. I don’t know when it started or when it grew into this fiery explosion, but I know for a fact that you’ve become an undivided part of me. You’re the solace I need every night and the light I look forward to every morning. I might have strived for power and prestige, but it took losing you to realize that my universe revolves around you.”
Last year, we spent it at Anton and Maksim’s new mansion in Russia, but this year, they came over, accompanied by this little shit Mike, who won’t leave Sasha’s side.
My son, Vaughn, is obviously the smartest one, because he leads his aunt in circles and then breaks her rhythm. Lidya, however, is just a little ray of sunshine and stupidity, because she gets caught easily.
VAUGHN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING GERE POOKIEEEE?!????!!??
