enterprising, and those whom I thought were blockheads turned out to be real people. Apparently, I don’t understand people.” “Back then, at home,” Bagila suddenly started up, “I wanted to finish school as soon as possible, to become an adult. The world was so beautiful, it seemed to me that all it needed was me to make all of humanity happy. And then all of a sudden, that was not the case.” She smiled slightly bitterly. She wanted to say a lot more: that, it turns out, life is actually quite different, that there is a lot of evil in it, but Bagel did not have enough words, and she also felt that it was hardly worth opening up like that now that Lika had pulled away from her. The fact that her Jasyn was kicked out of the compartment like a puppy, that she could easily get into the institute, and her friend, having passed her exams perfectly, did not find her last name among those enrolled, that the dark-haired one, having grabbed a deuce in history, became a student, Sargel’s path to science, Malika’s life – bright from the inside and dark in reality – vicious articles that shattered Jasyn’s book to smithereens – all this quickly passed in a string in her mind. “Yes, you are probably right…” She said, watching two kids in the yard pour water on each other from a toy bucket. “I already know that I will not forget this man, but his path… he has his own path.” “Sur.” Malika finally dropped her knitting onto the windowsill. “It’s a good thing that you said it yourself. Jasyn is a peculiar person, he is not yours. It may be hard to hear, but I will say that you need to forget about him. Will have to forget. Leave for the summer holidays somewhere far away, to the Black Sea, for example, or to Borovoye. Let’s go together, huh?” Bagila did not want to hear Lika say these words, and even so calmly, weightily. It felt like someone was holding her heart with a cold hand. And this was said by that Malika, who was so delighted with Jasyn, what happened to her? Why does she want to break up with Jasyn? “Besides… your summer class is coming soon. Don’t forget that you came to study! We are responsible for you to Karatai.” It
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