– Thank you. I said nervously, finishing my cigarette.
– You cannot smoke here. That voice sounded familiar to me. Alternatively, maybe I really just overextended myself. I saw an angry nurse running towards us and shouting angrily.
– She will not leave us alone.
– That is for sure. Let us go to the ward.
– «Are you sure?»
– Yes. I am sure. We went into the ward and closed the door. I sat down on the bed; my friend walked around the room and said that he needed to go out into the corridor. There is that woman in the funny robe. I wanted to go out with him, but I did not dare, I did not want to be superfluous. I was surprised that he left me alone. This has never happened before. – So my friend betrayed me, I thought. Alternatively, just fight, it is more logical. Coward. I thought. Although he may be right, he should not risk, much less his life. My friend went out and I was left alone. I could hear his footsteps receding as my heartbeat increased. I got out of bed and went to the window. Watching the darkness fall.
– Here comes the night, although it is not yet five o’clock.
– «You’re right. A nurse came into the room and took off the bandage. Our eyes met, and I fell senseless.
His sister’s tear-stained eyes looked at me. I saw in them pain, trust, naivety, and purity of soul. If I admit it, I was ashamed to lie to this man. But I had to do it.
– Tell me; tell me everything as it was. How did he die? Why? How did my brother die? Under what circumstances. I did not know how to start. And most importantly, I didn’t know how to finish my story.
I started from the moment when he was brought in at night in a terrible state. – His face was ugly, and I thought he was cut with a knife. We became friends, and he told me everything from the very beginning, how it all started, to the last moment. Then we became friends, and he told me everything from the very beginning, how it all started, to the last moment. He told me a lot. It took three days. He mentioned you very often; he was very worried that he could not see you. His sister was sitting in a helpless state, and I could not comfort her.
– You should definitely tell me everything. I need to know.
– I will not argue. I will definitely fulfill your request. I did not save my friend, but I got a chance to take care of his sister.
– I will be very grateful to you. He did not tell me anything about you.
– I probably did not have time. On the other hand, just did not have the energy and time.
We were sitting in the visitors’ room, and just at that time, his friends came up. They were not looking at me in a friendly way, and I knew why. I pointed at my sister with my eyes. They understood everything and translated the topic.
– We have not been able to establish the data of Konstantin, and the grave is still not closed. The data is not reliable.
– How so. He told me that name himself. I remember that. The sister got excited and sat back down on the chair. – What now? She began to sob. «That’s why he’s gone. His soul was taken away. In addition, the morgue said it was a stroke. It is not a stroke. This is different.
The friends stood in silence. – They could not say otherwise. It is a stroke. He just suffered a lot. I was freezing too much, and now. He also had a constant headache from nervous overexertion.
– Yes, I remember that too. I could not stand it and asked Vladimir, «How did you end up in the hospital at that time?» In this room? In addition, what really happened?
– I stayed to protect him, but I went out, and the nurse came in and he was already lying dead. It is a stroke.
– Something does not add up.
– Stop talking about it. I need to bury my brother. And to honor his memory.
– There is already a ready-made grave in the cemetery. When we were busy for an unnamed grave, and found out about its outcome, we also made a fuss. There is already a ready-made grave; it is next to the nameless one.
– Wow, what a coincidence. Vova sat in silence and did not delve into the conversation. The friends who came drilled him with their eyes. The sister did not understand what the matter was. – We have to go. We need to take the body from the morgue and bury it.
– Rely on us. We will arrange everything. We will not abandon you. One of her friends took her by the arm and led her. We all set off together.
– Oh, my little brother, he could not fly away. What a sad fate he has.
– Yes, to buy a ticket three times and not fly out, it is really fate. If he had not run away that night, then maybe nothing would have happened.
– Who knows? Maybe it is really fate. We all fell silent and reached the morgue.
– Vova, will you go with us to the end, or will you leave us?
– I will leave you later. Now I will go to the end.
– How can I find you? I want to hear his whole story. I do not know everything.
– You do not know only the latest events. I will find you and tell you everything I know. One of my friends was looking at me from under his forehead, and he almost attacked me with his fists I gave no sign, and stood aside. I did not like this story myself, but I could not change anything about it.
The body was taken out of the morgue and taken to the funeral service in the house of God. There was a deathly silence at the funeral service, Vova, for some reason of his own, did not enter the temple. -«My God, what’s wrong with his face?» He was cut with a knife?
– We do not know. Only he knows about it. And pointed in the direction of Vova. – What about the nameless grave now? Only your brother knew the full details of the deceased. He communicated with him in the kingdom of darkness. The sister was tearful and did not really understand what she was talking about.
– It is too early for her to think about it now. Do not touch her.
– No, you are wrong. This passage needs to be closed urgently. If we had done it earlier, it would have been better.
– «They’re right. We need to make an effort and do it right. Vladimir listened to the conversation and stood with a dissatisfied look. Why does my brother look so awful? He is like an elderly battered wanderer. His face and hands took on the same appearance as on the first day in the hospital. His hair was gray. His sister could not understand why, and I could not tell her. – I will not leave here until I erect a monument to my brother.
– You need to get out of here. A friend blurted out. You have small children. Think about them. She will clean you up, too, and we will do everything ourselves. Do not worry. Friends stood up for their sister. I was standing on the sidelines. The sister hesitated. She understood the problem.
– «You’re right. But I have nothing to do with it. She must not touch me.
– We do not know. Therefore, it is better not to take risks. Alternatively, do it in the summer. The nurse sighed heavily.
– I have a feeling that this grave was dug for my brother a long time ago.
– We have the same feeling. But we don’t know. We have not seen her. So many times, they came here, put up a fence. She definitely wasn’t there.
– That’s weird.
– «You’re right. But I have nothing to do with it. She must not touch me.
– We do not know. Therefore, it is better not to take risks. On the other hand, do it in the summer. The nurse sighed heavily.
– I have