Malika also shortened her name. “Someone did…” “Who?” “I don’t know. A man was asking for you.” “What’s his voice like?” She shrugged. “Ordinary…” “Well, high or low?” “Low, thick. Like the actors!” “Is that so!” Malika laughed out loud. “Did you do everything I told you? Are you ready for your class?” “I did everything. I’m ready.” “Then call Karatai’s apartment. I will chat with him before going to bed, he is due for good news.” Mancia silently nodded and went into the corridor, to the telephone, tapping her prosthesis like a wooden hammer. “When does she finish?” Bagila just asked. “She’s only in her second year. We go to the same institute. God, I wish I had finished sooner! I can’t look at her, so I try to send her away on business. She is probably offended by this, but my heart, it breaks for her…” She sighed softly. Suddenly, she quickly looked at Bagila and said: “You are very beautiful! For any woman, the real torment is to be next to you. Women don’t like you. Except me!” She laughed a little chuckle. “If I were a man, I would definitely marry you. Only this is the misfortune of being the husband of a beautiful woman. You will live your entire life plagued by jealousy.” “Uncle Sargel, from what I can tell, is very jealous of you?” “Yes, he is ready to die. He even gets jealous when I watch the TV. The trouble is that he does not have Ma- jnun’s pure jealousy, from the poem, but instead, some kind of petty, evil one. Sometimes it’s so sickening, you just want to put a noose around your head.” Bagila almost asked her, “Do you love him?” But she said nothing, thinking that it was too early for her to talk about that, and that they would have many nights and days ahead when they would sit like this alone. Bagila was silent not only for this reason, but she also already knew that Malika does not truly love Sargel, their relationship is determined only by marital duties, they are completely different people in character, age, and they have nothing in common, especially their love for each other. She only said: “I feel guilty if he gets sick.” “Don’t worry, he would have found a reason to get angry anyway. Each time we return home offended with
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