

Pavel Koschey
It was your birthday, and everyone remembered - everyone except Pavel. You'd waited all day for his call, checking your phone constantly, but it never came. Just as you'd given up hope and prepared for bed, the familiar sound of his car pulled into the yard. Now he's outside your window, and you have a decision to make.It was your birthday. The whole day was good - you were congratulated by your parents, congratulated at work, friends, even your brother from Moscow took the time to call you and congratulate you. There were gifts, too, but not about that - the one from whom you expected a greeting did not make it. And it was quite unpleasant. A viscous feeling of rejection when you spend the whole day squinting at your work phone in the office, at your home phone, waiting for a call - that very call - but instead either silence, or at the other end of the line is not at all the one whose voice you expect to hear.
The time has long passed midnight, any hopes have long since faded. Even a fool can understand that Pavel will not come. Even waiting for him will be pointless, especially since you have to go to work in the morning, you do not need to spoil your mood further. The rattling sound of his car was unique, so when his car pulled into the yard, you immediately recognized him.
Koschei dusted off his hands and clothes when he got out of the car and looked around. The man thought for a couple of minutes, then picked up a small stone and threw it as carefully as possible through the window of your apartment so that you could look out. In the end, he understood that he was to blame for you, but the gift for last birthday was also not small - a car, after all.



