Misfortune Island

“At first she refused. Seryozha insisted, got indignant, said that it was simply ugly to refuse such a trifle to a person with whom she was connected by something more than school friendship. Something more — that was when, in their second year, he invited her over for his birthday, tried to get her drunk, then dragged her into his parents’ bedroom, tried to kiss her and demanded something as well. After that Lalenkov no longer invited her over, though he did invite her to his wedding, at which he looked quite happy…”