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The best option is not to guess by coffee grounds, but to find out for yourself, from the source.

– Laurie,’ I stand up, taking the phone from the desk with a blurred motion, ‘check all the documents again, find any formal reason to bargain with this… what’s-her-name…

– Margarita Sheremetyeva, – my nephew prompts.

Very strange, but in my head, this beautiful name absolutely does not fit with the image on the photo, but, to be fair, I’m still an “expert” on ordinary women. I’ve only been in touch with one once in my life, during my youth, blood and moon attacks. The best way to tell how that relationship ended is the fact that I have never been attracted to an ordinary woman since then.

I walk out the door, turn down the narrow hallway to the door to the fire escape, unlock it with my key card. While the phone makes an automatic call, I rummage through my pockets, trying to find cigarettes. This is the week I quit and start again to try to quit again. The end of the campaign season is definitely not a good time to start living a healthier lifestyle.