Children of the gods
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– Ksyusha, do you remember what Yuri was talking about lime? – looking at Ksenia, Dima said.
– Yes… – nodded Xenia.
– We need to rake this pile and see if there’s a body.
Dima found among various junk a shovel and began to dig lime.
– What are you doing?! with horror looking at them in turn, asked Margarita. – Are you looking for a corpse?
Dmitry and Xenia were looking at each other and lowered her eyes to the floor:
– Look, your daughter’s been gone for so long, you really still hope to find her alive? – with some pity in his voice, as to terminally-ill person asked Xenia to the girl’s mother.
I’m looking for the daughter live! – almost shouted Margarita.
In the garage was hard, awkward silence.
– Hey, guys! Policemen arrived! Quickly let’s go! – looking in the garage, in a whisper hissed Sergei.
Hastily closing his garage door Dima, and the girl walked away. Sergei walked over to the guys and quietly said:
Someone called the police. We’re kind of quiet, really saw? In addition to our no one knew…
In a minute to the company of two policemen. One of them, who said:
– Hello! Broken? Here you are complaint was received. Called and said you go and the garages open?
– Comrade policeman, we’re not doing anything wrong, we’re looking for a girl who got lost, Nadia Timofeev! – tried to appease the police Xenia. Is her mom! Ksenia waved his hand in standing at a distance Margarita.
– Received a signal that you are open other people’s garages, insisted the policeman.
– It’s all true, we did not do anything illegal! Believe me! We just go and search the area around! We understand that you cannot open someone else’s property! – tried to convince Dima, her eyes wide and hanging over the COP that was almost a head shorter than him.
– So, let’s get outta here, that neither you, nor we had no problems – decided to handle this kind of situation the policeman.
– Well! Well! We’re leaving anyway, don’t worry! Guys, let’s get in the car! – hurriedly waved his hands Dima, showing the cops that everything will be hunky-Dory.
– Come on, goodbye, goodbye policeman with the guys, so want to find your daughter, ' he said to Margaret.
– Thank you…
On this day, the search had to be suspended. The whole company went to their cars. Before leaving, Margarita came to the boys and said:
– I’m with you I’m not going to go on a quest. I’m looking for Nadia alive, and we will seek, in their own way. But still, thank you for looking for my daughter.
– I understand you, I wish you find a Barely alive, ' said Olga finally.
We returned home in silence. Ksenia looked in the car window and thought about what happened today:
– I probably would too until the last hoped for a miracle. She just doesn’t want to believe that something irreparable had just occurred.
Yeah, I guess…
Chapter 6
Tatiana Berezikov lived together with his elderly mother in a private house, close to Timofeev. Their home was two streets parallel to Voroshilov. Mother for several years was bedridden. Three years ago an 87 year old Vera Ilyinishna fell down from the house porch and received a hip fracture. Since then, Tatiana drove the mother to her home and nursed her. Sons of Tatiana Petrovna, Oleg and Igor are long married and lived their lives. Husband Constantine died five years ago from a stroke at the age of 57 years. Two or three times a month, the son of Oleg’s grandson brought the Seeds back to sleep. These days the life of Tatiana Petrovna is filled with meaning and vibrant colours. More recently, she was engaged in a small business, rented space from a local businessman. My husband had contacts in the police. Life raged like a mountain river. After her husband’s death and mother’s illness – it all went downhill. From morning till night had to cook, wash, wash, change diapers. Addition was a large garden in which work is always nemeryannom. Out of the house Tatyana Petrovna only in stores. Thank God she had own car HONDA Jazz light gray color, which managed to buy during the time of doing business. Now I had to live on two pensions – your pension and the mother, plus extra payments for disability. Diapers and medicines provided by the state free of charge. Besides this spring, as luck would have flooded the house and it needed repair. The city administration had to pay compensation, but very long. All spring and all summer Tatyana Petrovna had to fight with city officials. In the end justice prevailed, and the victim transferred to the account owed money.
About the disappearance of Nadia Timofeeva Tatiana learned from a neighbor Veronica. Veronica studied in the same class with Nadia. The next day after the disappearance Veronica was walking home from school past the house Berezikova:
– Hello, Baba Tanya! – greeted Veronica with Tatiana Petrovna, who at the time was engaged in cleaning the garden in front of the house.
– Hello, Veronica! How was school? I guess straight a’s?!
– And at us the girl was gone, Nadia Timofeeva! Yesterday, it was not found!
– How is missing?
– Yes, gone. Yesterday she left school after school, and to the house not reached. Her mother came to school, and then went to the police. Looking for it now!
Uh – Oh, so small! What happened to her?
– I don’t know. At school they say she was kidnapped. Girls from the second shift saw her at the gate of Park “Anniversary” – on her way home, and they went to school for lessons. Today at school the police came. We asked about it.
Veronica ran home, and Tatiana thought looking at her children still don’t fully understand. They are thinking it is. For adults, especially for those who have their children and grandchildren, the loss of a child is a terrible tragedy.
Finished cleaning the garden, Tatiana went to the house. The time was dining and she had failed to cook anything.
– You want to eat? – she cried the mother, coming into the kitchen.
“A little,” force said Vera Ilyinishna from his room.
– Hold on a little bit, I’ll make soup now!
– Yes take your time, don’t die!
Tatiana turned on the old lamp TV “TOSHIBA”, which was sent to the kitchen after buying a new big LCD TV “LG”, and began to cook lunch.
On the stove stood a pot with pre-boiled pork and meat broth. Tatiana turned on the burner under the pan and proceeded to cook vegetables for borscht. One eye she watched the events on TV, while in turn cutting on a large wooden Board cabbage, onions, carrots and beets. Soon began the transfer with the local news and leading her girlfriend announced that yesterday in their town went missing 11 year old girl Nadia Timofeeva. Tatiana stopped and remembered that she told Veronica, became closely at the girl’s face, a picture which now was situated on the entire screen. The face seemed familiar. Hearing the address, where she lived, Nadia, Tatiana realized that probably saw her more than once. The soul feels the heaviness and bad feeling. With the TV screen encouraged all residents to take part in the search. Peregrev beets, carrots and onions in a pan and loaded with cabbage in boiling broth, the woman began to peel the potatoes. After all the vegetables were in the pot and the soup only have to reach readiness, Tatiana sat down at the table to drink coffee and relax. And Intrusive thoughts constantly returned to that missing girl: what happened? They live very close to us… And the semen is not much younger than her. The woman was seized by severe anxiety.
The soup had dovarese and Tatiana went to feed the mother. She adjusted the pillows behind her and lifted them so that the Faith of Ilinichna was comfortable to sit:
– Well, let’s eat! – with one hand holding a plate on a stand and the other holding a spoon of soup, said Tatiana.
– What was that, Tanya? On TV they say the girl disappeared, everyone is looking for?
– Yes, Nadya Timofeeva. They are here, near us, live, on Voroshilov. Said was walking home from school and disappeared. Our neighbor Veronica know? Well, Genkina daughter? She studied in a class.