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– Stop it! I blurted out angrily and threw his hand away. Fear mixed with anger, eyes began to burn with tears again. Max doesn’t know who…
– Soon a client will come to you, – Emil said without listening to me, and before these words could fit in my mind, scalded by events, he left. The lock clicked. I rushed to the door, frantically pulled the handle, but it was locked. Locked…
Chapter 6
I don’t know how long I was alone. I think two hours, at least. Deprived of windows, immersed in a mysterious twilight, the room seemed to be outside of time and space. She seemed to be floating somewhere in another reality, outside of what was happening outside these walls. At first, I listened to the sounds coming from behind the door, shuddered as soon as I heard voices, and then…
Sitting on the very edge of the sofa, she stared at one point. Patterned shadows fell on the floor, on the walls, adding to the sense of unreality. Client… Maybe I can explain that I’m here by chance?
The key in the lock turned just at the moment when my emotional stress reached the limit. My heart was pounding, it was hard to breathe. His stomach clenched, and his throat felt nauseous. The door swung open, and for a few seconds the sounds of the music grew louder…