5. Brother 19

They entered a small, nondescript cafe and queued up. Martha no longer felt like a stranger and rejected here and looked around with curiosity, sometimes glancing at Nitram. She could not understand, how is he? He was silent. Does not look at her. Swallows saliva with difficulty. Either dissatisfied with her come, or too excited?

- Why are you silent? Aren't you glad I came? - she no longer felt the slightest embarrassment from her "trick", it was only important for her to know the truth.

He handed her a glass of her favorite tomato juice and went to the table. For some reason, he looked younger now.

- If you are not happy, then say so!

Over the glass of juice, he looked her straight in the eyes for the first time. Her cheeks instantly flushed.

- Drink.

This short word sounded in such a way that no further clarification was required - it contained both tenderness and joy, and an insistent request not to ask about anything else. Martha felt like she was in seventh heaven.

And now what she was praying about as a miracle, this incredible long-awaited meeting, seemed to her the most natural thing.

“That means fate. So be it!"

She no longer doubted. Now everything that happened has found its true meaning and place in her life. And something new, sparkling for a moment rang in her soul: “Lord, it means You really exist! And You did it… for me ?! Thank You!"

But again, something incomprehensible happened to her: for three days she went crazy, for three days she lived in some kind of nightmare, for three days she continuously prayed for a meeting and so longed for this man, as if he had become a part of hers. And here he is in front of her, next to her, she can easily touch him, but instead she stands, aloof, and in bewilderment asks herself: what, in fact, is happening? What happened to me?

There was no trace of her fever. But although Martha could not explain to herself the strange changes taking place with her, she was very pleased that he was found again.
Life is Beautiful!

Nitram was thinking about something.

- Do you have time now? - he asked, and Martha immediately became clear about the course of his thoughts. Well, no, they haven't got that far yet. She needed to think it over carefully and try to figure out what's that, alone with herself.

- No, I still need to go to the clinic today, I'm already late.

- Must do it today?

- Yes, absolutely.

He looked at her searchingly, and Martha sighed just in case.

- Okay. Come on, I'll see you off.

Together they came to the bus stop, and almost immediately a bus arrived.

- Tomorrow I'll call you at six o'clock. Now bye.

- Bye.

- Chao!

He said goodbye, without taking his hands out of his pockets, made no attempt to either hug or kiss her. But Martha was too peaceful to pay attention to such little things.

As soon as the bus started, a happy smile appeared on her lips. She sat there all the way, looking straight ahead at one of her visible pictures, with a beaming smile on her lips.

"And miracles do happen!"
 
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