Eva. Valentin Kolesnikov

an offensive, and that the

      delay bought from the military commissar would not save me. Tossing and turning in bed, |

      could not sleep, and thoughts about the girl again and again began to take possession of me. |

      went into the kitchen, sat there, drank warm water from a thermos, and went back to bed. |

      didn’t understand how | fell asleep, | woke up at about nine o'clock in the morning and began to

      put things in order with myself and in the apartment. Then, after collecting the garbage, he took

      it to the trash can. There, a dirty homeless woman in smelly clothes was rummaging through

      the tank, trying to find something to eat. | had not seen her here before, but there was nothing

      surprising in this, the country was in the conflagration of a civil war and people, having lost their

      roof over their heads, were saving themselves as best they could. By eleven o'clock | was about

      to go to the store for groceries and again came across a homeless woman. She was sitting on a

      bench with her garbage belongings, sorting through them and taking out some pieces of food

      wrapped in a clean wrapper with dirty hands in torn gloves. | walked past, returning from the

      store and again came across a homeless woman, as you can see, she took root here for a long

      time. Two weeks later, | saw this woman again, passing by her caught the disgusting smell of a

      dirty, unkempt body, and passing by, he spat out a whole lump of accumulated saliva due to the

      stench that breathed in. The disgust was so strong that | jumped into the bathroom after

      throwing my groceries and washed my hands for a long time, then carefully brushed my teeth

      and rinsed my mouth with mint rinse. Not having time to make purchases in the kitchen, the

      doorbell rang. | carefully looked out the peephole, and what a disappointment | was when | saw

      this poor woman at the door.