Character: Cathy Hartman

...the dead don't leave us alone.

In my youth, I once heard from my mother that when I was not at home, she was afraid of phone calls: a phone call could mean bad news.

Sooner or later, the lie floats up like sewage in dirty water. It is fetid and infects everything - and it does not matter that I learned the truth then, in Bottalac, and Robert understood today. Lies come out one way or another.

But even a single lie causes a chain reaction and infects everything around.

She kept it a secret from him, just like Marcus kept it from me. He wants to help her ... and she left him in the unknown. They are similar to Marcus - they give little to their partner, and in return they take the most expensive.

You can work even if life is completely unbearable.

She had a poster describing the torture and execution of members of the movement. She looked at the embassy, and from there - did they look at her?

She wore a yellow shirt with a black inscription: Truth

Eddie woke up early, around six, and, as often happened, had no memory of the night's events. I told him, he was horrified and quickly got ready to go home, asking to apologize for him to his aunt.

I didn't want to talk about Hector. I knew that if I said even a word more, I would not be able to bear the look of my husband, and therefore I did not even mention the death of the old man on the ferry. It was an event that breaks out of the usual life and which I will remember forever; our shared experience with Hector. It was because of him that we had the feeling that we had known each other for a hundred years, and it was because of him that led us to that unforgettable forbidden kiss.

- Yes, your own monument...

Perhaps some of us were lucky enough to be born Labradors, while others have to be pugs and work hard to keep up.

Sometimes you need to remind yourself what a wonderful person fate brought me together.

In the pub we sat side by side, our hips touching. At such a moment - when you first touch the person you like - you always experience excitement and embarrassment. And rejoice.