Save the pike-head. Alla KrasnovaЧитать онлайн книгу.
thisе was her fault. She stopped being affectionate, there was a feeling of discomfort and cooling to her husband. But he said that they will be able to return everything. They went to the seaside hotel where they spent their honeymoon, it was supposed to revive their relationship. But this only completely destroyed them.
Tonya just picked up her suitcase with the things she hadnе’t unpacked at the hotel yet and left the room. As Tonya was coming down, a woman approached her at the reception desk. Tonya didn’t immediately realize who she was, even though her name and title were written on the badge. Everythingwas a blur.
«We don’t advise you to leave the hotel,» the woman said. – A storm warning has been issued.
«I know,» Tonya said, nodding to get her out of the way.
Tonya didn’t even pay attention to the commotion around her. The hotel lobby was noisy, everyone was returning from the beach. Tonya could hear the wind howling, bringing relief with it. But even this storm was insignificant compared to the storm in yeye’s soul.
Tonya rolled her suitcase down the path leading to the sea. Until recently, she and Edd had walked down this path holding hands, and now she was walking alone. She didn’t care where she was going. She didn’t want to talk to him or hear his voice. She couldn’t even bring herself to write him a goodbye message.
She didn’t think about the future, and the past just seemed like a failure. People were passing by, rushing to the hotel because of the storm warning. And Tonya wanted to run out of the hotel as fast as she could, because the storm was inside her. Her legs didn’t seem to obeyеher, as if she was slowed down. Tonya walked straight to the sea, slowly and without turning away from the path, as if she didn’t care.
Not far from Morya there were benches for relaxing. Tonya sat down on a bench and stared at the big, heaving waves for a long time.
«Girl, are you out of your mind? It’s dangerous here, the storm is coming, get out! a couple shouted as they ran past, carrying a tent with an awningthat was flapping in the wind.
«Right away,» Tonya said, butе her wordsfell to thewind.
Soon the beach was empty. She had the urge to lie down, and the memories came back to her one by one.
She didn’t understand how it was that people loved each other, and then the end came. She couldn’t understand: where does the borderline go, where is the click, short and dull, that triggers the mechanism of irreversibility?
Tonya remembered their wedding, where she was in a gorgeous snow-white dress. Details came to mind: the veil, the white flowers, the sea foam covering the shore in a white veil. It looked like the train of her dress or a veil.
«It’s bitter!» the guests shouted, and broke the dishes. «For luck!» the guests shouted, and frothy champagne was poured. Lots of guests. A huge celebration. She remembered, and it was so far away and close, and now it hurts so much.
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Tonya lay down on the bench, and she didn’t understand how she was drawn to sleep. She fell into it briefly. Tonya opened her eyes and sighed, realizing that she was awake. She was lying on a bench, and the sea spray drifted upto her. The storm water was very close, but Tonya didn’t want to leave. Her legs were heavy andе опять she was beginning to feel sleepy again, but sleeping in this weather was very dangerous. Tonya did not think about the danger, because it seemed to her that the worst had already happened. She closed her eyes againand drifted offлаto sleep.
«Hello, hello!» the little drummers exclaimed happily – they were toys fromе her childhood, and she smiled sadly. Sleepwas taking ee away..
She had a dream in which there were many children’s toys. An ocean of serenity, an island of peace from herтchildhood, when she would come and immerse herself in the world of toys in her room, where she could play for hours. And now she was playing them again, but only in her dreams.
As the weather grew, the dream carried her further and further away, and the waves came closer to her. пасность нарастала, но сон уносил ее все дальше и дальше, а волны приближались к ней.
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At this point, pike-headел came tohelp her. He’d been washed up on the beach by a wave, and he’d woken her up with a touch. When she opened her eyes, she saw this strange creature. It looked like a man with a pike’s head and a body covered in scales. The creature was small, only a meter and a half in length. Now she knew that she had to save herself and save him, not only from the storm, but also from people. After all, nothing good was waiting for him here.
As Tonya was walking towards the seashore, she noticed a cave in the rock and thought it might be a good hiding place. She was glad that no one was around to see him.
Tonya wanted to leave her suitcase here, but pike-head was too weak to walk on his own. He could hardly move. Then Tonya decided to throw things out of the suitcase and put the pike-head thereщукоголового. Fortunately, the suitcase was very roomy and on wheels. She quickly began to throw things directly on the sand, so that she could quickly get the pike-head out of here.
– I’ll help you, I’ll help you, «she said, knowing that he had saved her from certain death. «We’ll ride out this storm together,» she said to pike-head, opening his suitcase to help him into it.
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The cave was damp. It’s stuffy and not entirely safe. Tonya opened the suitcase, but he hid his head. In the suitcase and didn’t want to stick his head out. He was weak and afraid. Tonya watched from the cave as the storm grew stronger. When she looked at the raging sea, the wind, and realized that she was losing her sense of time. It alternated between speeding up and slowing down.
«You don’t have to think about the bad stuff. You only need to think about the good things, «Tonya encouraged the pike-headed man during the stormщукоголового. «When the storm’s over, we’ll go home.
The casual use of the word «home» made her shiver, because they didn’t have a home. They were both left without a roof over their heads. Salt spray drifted up to them. The sound of the waves, the wind, the sea seemed to yearn with a violent force, unleashing its anger on the shore.
«Just a little more and we’ll go,» Tonya said again, as if trying to convince herself of that. In her small shoulder bag were her phone, the lipstick she always carried with her, and some wet wipes. There was no need for wet wipes now, because there was already water everywhere. Tonya was afraid that the phone would stop working because it was so wet. She will be out of touch with the world.
But as soon as she thought that it would all be over soon, it became even more terrifying: the storm grew stronger and it seemed that it would never end. Pike-head was sitting in the suitcaseщукоголовый, and she was looking at his motionless head. He didn’t say anything, but at some point he felt cramped and moved. Tonya touched the suitcase and felt the pike-head tremble. She squatted down and hugged the suitcase.
Tonya was wearing a wet peach-colored dress with small flowers that stuck to her body. But she didn’t feel the cold. She wanted to warm himup so that he would stop shivering. She hugged the suitcase, trying to keep it warm. Soon he stopped shaking, and Tonya dozed a little, leaning against the suitcase. Then she opened her eyes again and didn’t know how much time had passed.
«Hey, how are you?» «What is it?» she asked pike-head, but he didn’t move.
To lighten the mood, Tonya started making up names for him. She wanted him to respond to one of them. She called his name and watched his reaction.
«Kirill,» Tonya was saying. She had the feeling that she was talking more to the suitcase. – Timur, David. Stan, Daniel. She paused after each name and listened for his reaction.
«Ivan?