Svetlana Mirrai "Eight mystical stories"

There was aВ man and there is no man. All three rushed toВ beat the unfortunate homeless man with their feet, trampling him into theВ mud.

– Well, that’s it, good, – said one of them. – It’s time…

A knife flashed in Koshchei’s hand.

– What do you say finally, eh, trash?

The tramp got up from the ground with great difficulty and knelt down, blood was flowing from his broken mouth, his nose was broken.

Bubbling and gurgling sounds came from the broken chest. The man stretched out his hands toВ theВ sky:

В«May you be cursed, cursed forever, forever and ever. You will burn inВ the fiery Hell. And you, you son ofВ aВ bitch,В» the homeless man pointed his finger at the Iron Man standing inВ front ofВ him with aВ knife, В«May punishment befall you: all your relatives, all those who gave birth toВ you and whom you will give birth to, let them all die inВ suffering, as IВ suffered, so they will suffer for your sins, you will bury everyone!

The bandits seemed toВ be doused with ice water from such words, and they all began toВ shake with aВ small tremor.

With some kind ofВ bestial, sixth sense, they felt that these were not just words spoken inВ aВ fit ofВ impotent anger, this was something more.

The bandit named Iron, standing with aВ knife inВ front ofВ the crippled man, regained consciousness, took aВ step forward and plunged the knife into the throat ofВ the unfortunate, and then again and again.

It was all over. The bandits dragged the body into the forest belt and threw leaves inВ the hope that no one would ever findВ it.

We returned home inВ silence, inВ complete silence.

Iron walked and thought about his mother, but he did not yet know that he would not see her again.

This evening, aВ woman returning from the store right inВ front ofВ the house was hit toВ death byВ aВ car.

15В years later

The Iron one had the name Kostya, he was hurriedly dressing inВ the hallway, he had toВ take his eldest daughter Galya toВ school, and then rush toВ work himself.

Putting on his shoes, he kissed his wife before leaving, accompanied byВ his daughter, and they left the apartment with Aveline.

We took the elevator down and headed toВ the Audi parked on the side ofВ the road.

The engine started and the car slid quietly between the houses, heading for the main road. He took his daughter toВ school.

After the death ofВ his mother, Kostya firmly believed that the unfortunate tramp really cursedВ him.

He decided toВ start aВ new, honest life. Having received aВ substantial inheritance from their mother inВ the form ofВ aВ Moscow three-room apartment, they themselves lived inВ the apartment ofВ their father, who died inВ 1992, and rented the Moscow apartment toВ tenants, receiving substantial profits for this.

Kostya broke all ties with his wayward friends, and soon moved toВ another city altogether.

AВ place where no one knows him, where he knows no one, he went toВ aВ place where you can start life with aВ clean slate.

He sold his Moscow apartment. After graduating from the financial institute, Kostya got aВ job as aВ bank employee, soon married aВ girl who gave birth toВ his beautiful daughter.

All he had left ofВ his former life was aВ photograph that was inВ the glove compartment ofВ theВ car.

InВ the photo, he and his friends are sitting at aВ table, aВ bottle ofВ vodka is inВ front ofВ him, Koshchei is sitting toВ the right ofВ the Bone, aВ Loaf is on the left.

Kostya was unaware ofВ the fate ofВ his friends.

The man didn’t worry about the curse, fifteen years have passed and nothing bad has happened and maybe everything will work out..

AВ few hours later.

InВ the evening before going toВ bed, Aveline went into the room toВ her beloved father toВ say good night and tell aВ terrible dream.

Seeing her worried little face, Kostya asked:

– What happened, daughter?

В«Last night IВ had aВ terrible dream about an old man,В» she replied, В«He told me something.

The old man’s face seemed to reappear in front of the girl and she repeated his words:

– It’s time for your dad to pay.

Kostya felt uneasy at that moment, he turned white.

– What to pay for? «What is it?» he asked, confused.

Aveline continued toВ repeat the words after the oldВ man:

– Dad knows why!

– Go to bed, my daughter, and please don’t be afraid of anything, don’t trust the old man. He’s just your dream and nothing else!

The girl obediently nodded inВ response and went toВ her room.

Kostya himself could not sleep for aВ long time, the words ofВ the curse did not come out ofВ his head, he remembered his friends, are they aliveВ now?

The next day, Kostya called his former classmate Marina and after talking about life moved on toВ an important topic.

– Do you know how Peter and Alexey are doing there? – he asked.

– I don’t know how Peter is, but Alexey died two years ago, fell out of a tenth-floor window.

Kostya broke into aВ cold sweat, and his legs immediately became wadded.

– Do you know anything about Peter at all? Well, nothing at all?

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