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– You said it right, – he said. – I’m in charge here. Therefore, what you will and what not is up to me to decide. How to speak and how to dress, from this day on, I also decide.

He fell silent again, staring intently into my face, grinned unkindly, and pushed me onto the railing of the stairs.

– Now go to your place! – In five minutes, I’ll come for you.

Having finished speaking, he went upstairs, while I stood there, leaning on the railing. My heart was pounding somewhere in my stomach, my legs could barely hold. Max had already reached the top step when I shouted in desperation:

– Max! – I tried to catch up again, but he looked at me so that I froze in place. Breath escaped from the chest ragged, convulsive, fingers trembled. – Let me… I’ll talk to him, I…

– Did you hear what I said? – all the same look – blackness enveloping the soul. One more word and it will be worse, believe me.

Confused, not understanding what was happening, I returned to my room. She looked at the suitcase, looked around the room and darted around it, as if driven. I had to talk to Ivan. Should have been! And then… Call your mom? Ask her for help?