“Want to say you’ll do anything?” “Yes.” I nod. In the man’s eyes, black lust is born again—as if he’s smearing my body from head to toe. The chest line. The waist. The hips. It becomes at once frightening, hot, and, perhaps, shameful… a little.
“Right there, for everything?”
“For money,” I specify.
“Another Russian fool in the Emirates,” he sneers—and then lazily rolls ice cubes in a glass of whiskey.
“Do you love money, girl?”
“Pfft… And who doesn’t?”
“Those who have pride or self-respect.”
“I haven’t earned all that yet,” I shrug carelessly.
In our village, everyone is proud, but poor. I don’t want that.
“Well, okay,” Hadzhayev nods, dropping his snow-white robe.
“Then I’m buying you…”***A NOT-QUITE-TYPICAL HAPPY END. One-volume. Unlawful relationship. Source of music: Dreamsphere 6 by Sascha Ende https://filmmusic.io/en/song/452-dreamsphere-6 Stalker Heart of Chornobyl Atmosphere 20 by Sascha Ende https://filmmusic.io/ru/song/12765-stalker-heart-of-chornobyl-atmosphere-20