Only Hope Remains

“My name is Milena. Андрей and I have been dating for almost a year. My pregnancy was a surprise. We hadn’t planned a child right now. Андрей wanted first to divorce his wife…” “ ‘We’—everything around her is ‘we’—she couldn’t help noticing,” Rita thought. “And about me, while I’m right there, he talks in the third person. God, what humiliation!” Suddenly she realized her situation.

But you have to hold on until the end!
— …but she won’t agree to a divorce,
Rita heard the rival’s voice again.

“And ‘she’ about ‘you’—there was nothing unknown about that,” Rita mentally objected again.

— And I had to come and talk to you myself—
Finally the girl finished the first sentence.

— Does Андрей know about your attempt?
Rita asked neutrally.

She looked at the screen. Five minutes had passed since the message was sent. Андрей should have appeared already.

Cover by Tatyana Aloa