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Chapter 15
"Lonely people are always up in the middle of the night."
-Nicole Krauss-
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Galina was making herself some dinner when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She took off her apron and lowered the heat of the stew before walking to answer the door. She was shocked when she opened it to find none other than her best friend, Anastasia standing there with a gloomy face and a small suitcase besides her.
“Can I come in?” She forced a small smile and Galina nodded, reaching out her arms to bring her inside the house before closing it again. She speed walked to the kitchen and turned off the stove before walking back to the living room with a tray filled with two cups of tea for the two of them.
“So, do you mind telling me what’s going on?” she asked with a concerned look on her face. She did not know since when Anastasia made it a habit to come visit her without prior informing but Galina was not
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