Home at Last by Alex Sapegin

Author:Alex Sapegin [Sapegin, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Litworld Ltd.
Published: 2018-05-15T06:00:00+00:00

May 19, 20XX. Russia. N-ville. Elementary school № 3. Olga…

“Elena Vasilievna, you have visitors.” The secretary peeped into the principal’s office.

“All right, Lyuda, let them come in.” The director turned from her computer screen, on which she was checking the electronic grade report of the seventh grade “B” class, and rubbed her eyes. It was the end of the year, the fussiest time, and the kids were going crazy. It was 90 degrees out, and, as if by some cruel trick of fate, the air conditioner was broken.

“Come in, please.” Lyudmila moved aside, letting two young people, a guy and a girl, into the principal’s office. Both looked to be about twenty-five-years-old. The girl had a colorful fitted sarafan, revealing her tanned shoulders. She wore fashionable woven sandals on her feet. The young man was flaunting his worn jeans and a snow-white cotton shirt.

“Hello.” The visitors smiled radiantly and greeted her in reply. “Have a seat. What is it you wanted to talk about?” the director asked. The girl straightened the folds of her sarafan and gracefully sank into a chair; the young man bowed his head gratefully. Everything was done so naturally that Elena Vasilievna could not help smiling.

“Allow me to introduce myself, Elena Vasilievna.” The boy took the initiative. “This is Darya, and I’m Sergey.” He again smiled warmly. “Now about why we’re here. We work in the same company as Iliya Kerimov and would like to speak with Olga. May we invite her here?”

“What does working with Olga’s father have to do with wanting to talk to the girl?” the director asked incredulously.

“You see.” Darya stopped Sergey with a gesture. “Olga has developed extrasensory abilities, and we need her advice on a certain issue.”

The headmistress and Lyudmila, who was listening to the conversation, were quite ready to believe that the girl was psychic. There was something other-worldly in Olga; her strange behavior, her uncanny, too-adult reasoning and view of the world… No less strange was her connection with the huge dog that performed her every command without words. But the most frightening thing about the child were her eyes. To somehow hide the whites of her eyes, Olga had been wearing sunglasses for the past two months. It wasn’t surprising that the gypsies who sold weed behind the school were so afraid of her they trembled whenever they saw her and went way out of their way to avoid her.

“Very well, Lyudmila, would you please invite Olga in?”

After ten minutes of waiting and a casual conversation on abstract topics, the people in the office heard the clatter of claws on the floor and light footsteps. All three turned to the door, where the fragile girl stood in the doorway, stroking the scruff of an impressive dog.

“Hello, Olga.” Darya rose from her chair. “I’m Darya, and this is Bon? Can I pet him?”

“Hello,” Olga answered, adjusting her glasses and bowing her head. The principal and the young people felt as if they’d been examined by an X-ray machine. “Better not, Darya.

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