Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9
Continuation...
Chapter 10. Who are you – a mysterious stranger?
The time remaining until the end of the work flew by unnoticed. The trip to the cafe raised Maxim's mood, but he couldn't get the girl who had already crossed his path twice out of his mind. Whether this was a mere coincidence or not, Maxim did not know, and this fact disturbed him. It even occurred to him that he might have crossed paths with her once on the love front, but if so, the acquaintance was so fleeting that, try as he might, he could not remember her.
Desperate to find a thread in his memory, Maxim put it aside and concentrated on his work. When the end-of-the-day signal sounded, he quickly Packed up and raced home, even forgetting to say good-bye to his sidekick.
In the subway car, in the crowd of passengers, it seemed to him that the face of the mysterious girl flashed before him again. It occurred to him that this might be the Pelagia. True, her appearance was far from his virtual girlfriend, but who can guarantee that his beloved posted her real photo there? Many people do this when they want to either appear more attractive than they really are, or in order to protect their personal space in this way.
"Nothing, I hope everything will be clarified on Sunday, the good thing is that we don't have long to wait," Maxim thought, getting off at his stop. On the way to the supermarket, he bought the standard set of products of a bachelor who does not want to waste precious time on cooking. At home, he quickly prepared a meal, put hot dumplings on a plate, poured a lot of mayonnaise on them, and sat down at the laptop.
His friend was not on the Internet. There were no letters from her. But now Max was not hysterical, he remembered the agreement that he should give an answer to Pelageyushke – whether their cafe suits and the time of the meeting. After sending the email, he turned off his laptop, put a new action movie he had recently purchased on the occasion in the DVD player, and began to enjoy the food and an interesting movie.
After finishing his dinner and watching a movie, the young man sat down again at his laptop... There were no letters yet, and he automatically pulled out a blank sheet of paper, picked up a pencil, and began to draw, without even looking at what he was getting. As he did so, his mind was occupied with nothing more than trying to conjure up some recollection of the stranger. When he looked at his creation, he froze in amazement. From a piece of paper, looking at him, was the same girl who he assumed had been stalking him lately.
"Where and, most importantly, when could I have met her before?" - he wondered. That their paths had once crossed, max no longer doubted, otherwise how could He have drawn her portrait so accurately now? Yes, in the art school where he once studied, he was predicted a great future as a portrait painter, and his hands remembered the skills that he had acquired during his studies. But he wanted to try something else, and he gave up painting, choosing a fashionable profession for today.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember who she was or who she was...
The phone call interrupted his thoughts. Called Slavka, was interested in the news, but Max couldn't do anything to make him happy. In turn, he asked his friend if he was able to make progress in his attempts to hack Pelagia's computer, to which he received a negative answer-unfortunately, not yet!
After completing the call, Maxim turned back to the laptop. This time Pelageya was in touch...
To be continued...