Bozhe moĭ! (My God!) This is getting worse and worse! I just lost Aleko, my husband! There's no way I'm going to lose my best friend and sister-in-law too! I couldn't bear it! Please... Please not Liliya... not her! Liliya, don't leave me alone... please…
"- Liliya, please wake up... Don't leave me... Come on! I need you... Liliya..."
While Tristan was performing CPR to get the water out of her system, I cried like I had never cried before. I imagine seeing my best friend jump into the lake had a lot to do with it... And to think that if we had arrived just a few minutes later, she would have been dead at the bottom of the lake…
No, there's no way that's happening! I refuse to lose another person I love today! Liliya, please come back…
Cough, cough, cough
Bozhe moĭ! Tristan succeeded, he saved her! Bozhe moĭ! Liliya is alive! Kurva! (Fuck!) Liliya is alive! My best friend is alive!
"- Liliya? Liliya? Please answer me!" I said, my eyes finally stopping their tears.
Unfortunately, she didn't respond, although we could see her chest rising and falling. What's happening? Why isn't she answering? She should be waking up by now!
"- Calm down, Katerina! She's just unconscious for now... We need to get her warm, or she'll catch a cold! Her clothes are soaked!" Tristan said as he gently picked Liliya up in his arms.
I barely managed to stop myself from telling him it was normal for her clothes to be wet since she jumped into a lake... Otherwise, that would have been creepy! But Tristan is right, Liliya risks hypothermia. So, in a mutual agreement, we start heading to my place, but Natalia, who hasn't said a word since Liliya jumped, suddenly steps in front of us, blocking the way.
"- Liliya can't go to your place! Or to hers!"
Huh? Why can't she go to my place or hers? I don't get it at all. I think I missed something.
"- What do you mean?"
"- Liliya isn't doing well, she almost didn't make it. So I think if she wakes up somewhere with memories of Aleko and herself, her condition could worsen!"
Wow! I hadn't thought of that at all... Natalia is completely right, taking her to my house or the Dragonovs could make her even worse... But we can't stay here, it's raining too much and we're all at risk of getting sick... And besides, here too, Liliya has memories of Aleko... That's probably why she wanted to end it here... But the problem is, if we go by that logic, the whole village must be full of memories of Aleko Dragonov!
"- She could come to my house! I mean, Mama and Tatko never invited Aleko and Liliya together to the house. So she doesn't have any memories of him there! Mama will say yes, especially since she's Adelia's daughter, and Tatko likes her a lot, even though he's never said it out loud."
Honestly, I love my family so much! I'm so proud to be Natalia's older sister sometimes... well, actually, I'm often proud of it! It's not my fault that, despite the years, I'm still so fond of my little sister!
I hope she's right, though. I know that when it comes to Mama, I agree with her, especially since Mama sees Liliya as her third daughter. But with Tatko, I'm much less sure. Sure, he's never spoken badly to Liliya, and when we were younger, Tatko played with us at the lake, but that's where it ends…
But if he refuses, we also need to think about somewhere to take her. And even if he agrees, I seriously doubt that Liliya can live locked up in her depression for long, especially if she's constantly surrounded by painful memories.
When we finally arrive at the Petrova house, Natalia starts running inside, calling—no, shouting—for our parents to come quickly. For once, they respond quickly. I didn't have time to explain the situation before Natalia had already started detailing everything in the smallest of detail.
Since when has Natalia been able to act with such maturity? She's only 13... She's impressing me more and more today! I hadn't realized how much Natalia was growing and turning into a beautiful and intelligent young woman. I'm so proud to be her big sister! She definitely surpasses me in so many ways!
"- Of course, Liliya can stay at the house, come on! As if we're going to leave her in this state! Liliya is like my third daughter! By the way, Tristan, come help me get her into a room!"
Tristan followed Mama into the house. I stayed in front of the house, waiting for Tatko's reaction, who still hadn't said anything.
"- Natalia, go help tvoyata maĭka. (your mother) I need to speak alone with Katerina."
Uh oh, I don't like this! Not at all! Unfortunately, Natalia quickly went to join Mama, leaving me alone with bashta mi. (my father)
"- Katerina. I'm not going to beat around the bush with you! You're grown up now, and now that you're a widow... You and Liliya should leave Bulgaria..."
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