Loveless Page #2

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- You think he can really get fired?

- The hell I know.

I really hope.

- And what about the alimony?

- Ouch!

Are you kidding me?

- Hey, there's very little left, relax.

My friend told me once

that her boss is fond of extreme sports.

- Really?

- Yes.

So he's taking them to parachute or to canoe

or to downhill-ski.

- Downhill-skiing is cool.

- Well...

The knee of my friend broke,

so she had to wear a cast for half a year.

Goodbye the ligament.

- Hardcore...

- So some of them started buying

certificates on the internet

about the heart condition

or the blood-pressure.

- And?

- Got fired.

- If you're ill, go to a hospital.

- Holy crap.

- So, the temples of yours,

those prayers - all that is still bearable.

Turn over.

- Well, I don't know. I think...

Vacations mean summer, sunshine, a beach,

an all-inclusive hotel...

- And what does your new boyfriend say about this?

- He's fine with it.

He's so, you know, up-to-date.

- Well, he has the money,

he's healthy. Why not be up-to-date?

- Knock on the wood...

- Don't worry, I'm not a hoodoo.

- I'm not superstitious, too, it was just a reflex.

- So, is he divorced? Any kids?

- Yeah. Divorces 3 years ago.

The daughter is grown-up, she's studying abroad,

in Portugal, I think.

And works there, too.

- And how old is he?

- He's looking good.

- He does some Chinese exercises.

Doesn't smoke, almost doesn't drink.

- I'm even jealous.

So, I even it up?

- Just a bit.

- And how does he feel about your boy?

- Nothing particular.

Looks like this boy of mine hates me.

He's just like his father.

Even starts to smell like him.

- Secondary sexual characteristics,

he's growing up.

And did you want him to stay an angel

all the time?

- He may look like an angel,

- Oh, hi, will you wait?

- But he's actually all so spiky,

he almost tore me during childbirth -

didn't want to get out.

I was delivering almost 24-hours.

- Yeah, the life is hard...

Just like my tyke.

Everytime I look at her I realize a sad fact

that she's just like her father.

I hope he died there in his Kapotnya.

- Look.

- Yeah...

But you know, she doesn't drink.

I told her that I'll kill her immediately.

She's a girl of a character.

But not like her father, more like his mother.

She's such a b*tch.

- I forgot, how old is your daughter?

-19, but she's real stupid.

Well no, she's smart,

she finished the school, exams,

but doesn't want to study anymore,

no matter what you do.

All she wants is to roam around.

I tell her:
"If you get pregnant, your life is ruined.

Don't count on me".

And she says:
"I have safe sex".

- Well, at least that.

- I don't know how she'll live further.

No profession, no desire whatsoever.

I tell her:
"Who do you want to be?"

"A member of Parliament".

I say:
"Study while you still have time".

She says:
"You don't need to study to be an MP".

What can I say.

- So your daughter is clever!

- It's because she's just like me.

- Yes?

- Zhenya, come downstairs, please.

- Mhm.

- Why you don't tell me anything?

- What do you mean?

- How did it go with the flat yesterday,

what did the buyers say?

- They said they'll think.

Eh, Masha,

if there was any progress,

I would have certainly told you.

- Why can't you sell it for all this time?

Aren't you working in the Sales Department?

- You realize that those are

different things, don't you?

- No, I don't.

Don't take the pelmeni,

my mom said no pelmeni.

- Where's she tonight? At home?

- Oh,

she left for her auntie.

I got tired of her myself.

Tonight we're alone.

- Thank God.

- How can you say that? She's my mother!

Hey, go take the broccoli.

-1275, please.

- Borya.

Wait.

Everything is going to be alright with us, right?

You won't leave us, right?

- What?

Masha...

Are you crazy?

Where do those thoughts come from?

- I just sometimes get so scared...

- I'm with you.

- You must have been saying the same

to your ex-wife.

- Me and you, we are a completely

different story.

There was no one who made me feel so happy.

- And how many were there?

More than 10?

- I'm quite hungry, what about you?

- I'm always hungry these days.

By the way, I feel offended.

- I'll go cook something.

- Bring me an apple.

- Catch it.

Boiled chicken and broccoli, huh?

- I don't want.

I want a salad with cucumbers and tomatoes.

- Wow, a salad with cucumbers and tomatoes...

- "Got a tooth pulled in a dream. What does it mean?"

- Hi!

- Hi.

- Why are you so early?

I was expecting you later,

I barely managed to get off work.

My girls didn't want me to leave.

There are still lots of customers.

So, where are we going?

M?

Why are you silent?

Come on and tell me where we are going

this time!

Look, can we first get a watermelon on the way?

- Young lady,

do you have a second to tell me your number?

8-9...?

- And your name?

- Sofia.

- I can't eat when I'm observed like that.

- Sorry.

- Okay, I was kidding.

- You got new hair cut, or is it just me?

- You noticed.

- Of course.

I'm looking closely at you.

- You still are?

After all we've done?

- Especially after all we've done.

- After what we've done

the day before yesterday?

Or the day before

the day before yesterday?

- Zhenya...

- What?

What's the matter?

Something's wrong?

[Voices in the background, suggesting to have a drink]

- Girls, let's drink for love!

For love!

- You my beauties!

Let's make a selfie!

- For love and selfie!

- Hey?

You're asleep?

It's not fair.

I love you.

Do you hear?

I never loved anyone.

Only my mother when I was a child.

And she was so blunt with me.

Never caressed.

Never said a kind word.

Only the discipline, the order, the studying.

Wicked and lonely wretch.

- She is alive and well, I hope?

- Alive.

And actually quite healthy.

We don't talk much.

Every time I call we end up in a scandal.

Even later on, I cannot understand why.

Who started it.

Only with you I realized what love is.

I didn't love my husband.

And before him I had no one.

And even with him, I got pregnant by mistake.

He was so happy, suggested to get married.

"Everything is fine, we're together".

But I didn't want that.

I was so scared.

I was afraid to do the abortion,

I was afraid to keep it.

Didn't want it so much.

When I was delivering I thought I was gonna die.

They had me in critical care.

And then, when they brought him,

I couldn't even look at him.

Like some kind of disgust.

I even didn't have milk.

Later it somehow got better,

some life started.

Some.

- Un-love.

- You can't live in un-love.

- Even now, when I look at him or think about him,

like right now,

it seems like I have made

some unforgivable mistake.

I blame him and I blame myself.

How much do I want to be happy!

I'm a b*tch, ain't I?

- Of course.

You're the loveliest b*tch in the world.

- You really love me?

- Come to me.

- Yeah, hello.

- Did you see Alyosha yesterday evening?

- No, I didn't come home last night. Why?

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