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"Yulia, please, stay! I swear, I've always told you the truth. There was neither conspiracy nor staging against the Bonev family... I just played kuker, nothing else. You know how much you mean to me. How dare I lie to you? Moreover, I've always found delusions and illusions as destructive as drugs. I'd never ever put our future at stake like that. And my integrity, you know… Really, had I known earlier, I would've given up on Wonder Kuker, kukers and loads more for the sake of our family."
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Nasso paused, awaiting Yulia's reaction, and meanwhile thinking of the next arguments. They had to be really, really strong to make her stop packing up and talk to him. They had had a troublesome couple of months which accumulated misunderstandings. Nasso had not managed to find the way back to his wife's trust. Now, when she was leaving, he decided to speak his heart out to her.
"I know, I underestimated the risks and made costly mistakes. You're right, my darling: no matter what caused the scandal and its consequences, I didn't work it out well. Yes, I really should've listened to your warnings and done something to soothe up the situation with Bonev… Well, I'm a human, and make mistakes. But I love you, and we've been such a wonderful, happy family! Our Misha's pretty young; she needs both of us to grow happily. Please, forgive me this time again! We can overcome all the troubles together…. You know how much I appreciate your common sense and wariness, and they're just to the point now… Sooner or later, we'll get over that dreadful period of our life, and everything will come back to normal."
Nasso wished he had studied some psychology, although "surgeons cannot operate on themselves". It would be risky to seek a family psychotherapist. It was a mess, which would probably sound crazy and paranoid: Wonder Kuker, the kuker scandal with Bonev and his revenge, Bonev's influential acquaintances that got Nasso fired in quite weird circumstances, the unbelievable gossip … In the meanwhile, Nasso kept being unemployed, and was thinking of emigration.
"Our financial situation isn't easy now, and you're understandably worried. However, there are bright prospects for us in some of the multinational companies in the capital… or abroad. I've got an excellent career portfolio and impressive references, and I've always been doing well… If not counting the current worries."
Yulia was putting the clothes and toys piled on the sofa into the huge suitcase. Nasso drank some water and continued:
"I've learned my lessons. I should've kept my curiosity under control and stayed away from things which are beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. The Wonder Kuker mystery is a world class challenge, which I succumbed to, but it's not worth the wellbeing of our family. Probably, the time for it and alike hasn't come yet…"
The slam of Yulia's suitcase lid put an end to his monologue… And also of her several weeks long silence.
"You've given up on Wonder Kuker, and at the same time, its time hasn't come yet?"
She seemed to have listened to him carefully. So there probably was a chance for them!
"Yulia, Wonder Kuker is over. I can even burn it right now, in front of your eyes, if you like."
Sitting on the sofa, she was obviously pondering his words.
"Will it change anything? Given my 'common sense and wariness', I can't help but wonder why you're so sure the mystery was in the kuker costume, and not in yourself…. Those influential acquaintances of Bonev, as you said, they certainly long to find it out too. Do you think they are going to get their hands off you… within this decade at least?"
The questions were rhetorical; his answer was silence.
"You see, you'd been keeping the mystery of Wonder Kuker secret from me for months, until the last scandal and its consequences revealed it… Or maybe for years? Never mind… You've involved me and the family in that affair too! Now, you claim that you love us and care about us!!? And you're asking me to stay by your side!?
I'm sorry, dear, but I won't. And as Misha's mother, I will say it directly and explicitly to you: stay away from my child! Because of the troubles you've already caused for us with Wonder Kuker, and also the possible ones that both you and I fear. I don't know how long it may last, but as long as the danger is there. It might be forever... I'm not going to bother you for child support as far as you stay away. And let's hope that the "Wonder Kuker" has not passed on genetically, and nothing like that ever manifests itself in the child…
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