“Pash, someone named Pasha is supposed to come see you. You—be so kind, the girl…”
—“Alena, repeat?!” I interrupt my sister. “I didn’t understand. Who is supposed to come to me?”
A vague, uneasy premonition rises in my throat. Instinctively, I turn around and glance toward the front door, behind which stands this bold creature.
—“Well, Pasha. Paulina. Forgot?” “The daughter of Vanya’s brother.”
“Aw, Pash, seriously—don’t you remember?”
The image flashes before my eyes: a skinny, angular girl with hay instead of hair on her head, thick black arrows across half her face, and impudent gray eyes.
“No way. Can it be her???”
—“I— I remember… there was some kind of…” I answer vaguely.
—“So when was that? She’s already eighteen…”
In the text there are:
• first love
• a hot confrontation
• burning jealousy
• one bed for two
A fire is inevitable. They’ll torch this apartment!