Shattering Hearts
(S3): Dinner invitation
Today Lizzie's funeral will begin. Many people came to offer their condolences to pay their last respects to Maya. Veronica and her father came.
Mr. Yermolov saw Vladimir standing in the corner of the room. His gaze was as blank as if his life had come out of his body.
"Vladimir, I'm so sorry about Lizzie's passing. It's like a dream, the girl's dead."
"Thank you for coming."
An hour later, Lizzie's funeral began. The funeral took place solemnly and smoothly. Vladimir was silent and did not shed any tears. Zoya's heart shudders when she sees Vladimir that way.
"Goodbye, Lizzie!"said Aleandra and Dimitri while putting flowers on Lizzie's grave in tears, while Sergei just looked blankly still could not believe his granddaughter had died.
Vladimir approached Lizzie's tomb and placed a red rose there.
"Goodbye, my love! I will love you until I die."
Vladimir again looked at Lizzir's grave and kissed his tombstone. When Vladimir was about to get into the car, he suddenly fell unconscious. The people around him panicked.
"Input him into the car!’’nicola's orders.
A few minutes later Vladimir finally came to his senses and Nicola immediately took him home.
"Vlad, you better take a break today. Your body condition is now not good, and tomorrow you do not need to work first. Take a short break to calm your feelings and thoughts. Once you calm down, you can go to work again."
"Thank you, Dad."
"What your father said is true" said Juliet, her mother
As soon as he got to the room, Vladimir threw himself into bed.
"Lizzie, why did you leave me like this?I miss you."
Vladimir fell asleep while shedding tears. The next day, Vladimie packed his clothes into a suitcase. He decided to stay for a few days in his villa with his heart broken.
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1 month later
Vladimir was in his office busy working. One month after Lizzie's death, Vladimir immersed himself in work, almost every day he worked from morning to night and Zoya was not involved in the work.
"Are you not able to rest even if it's just for a little while?"
"My work is a lot. I'll take a break when this job's done."
"But I need a break. During these 1 month I was busy working and only had a little rest time, so tomorrow I want to take a day off."
"Well if that's your wish, but remember only one day, no more,” Vladimir warned.
"Thank you, Mr. Kalashnikov. You better take a vacation too."
Vladimir's office phone rang.
"Good day!"
"Vladimir, it's me."
"Ah Mr Yermolov, how are you?’’
"Thank you. I'm doing fine. Tonight you have time?’’
"What's wrong?’’
"Me and Veronica invited you to dinner."
Vladimir was silent for a while while thinking.
"It looks like tonight can't still be a lot of work in the office. Tomorrow night only. How?’’
"alright. Vladimir lately you seem very busy."
"Yes. I have a lot of work."
"Then I'll see you tomorrow night."
Vladimir hung up the phone and resumed his work.
"Aren't you going to open your heart and try to love another woman? There are a lot of beautiful women out there who like you. You can choose any beautiful woman who likes you."
"No. That's not possible. I can't love any woman but Lizzie. To me, Lizzielah is my only love. I can't give my heart to another woman."
"What about Veronica? Lately your relationship has been good again and now there is a lot of gossip circulating, if you and he are back in a relationship."
"You don't mind the rumors. Everything is not right. Veronica and I have nothing to do. We're just ordinary friends."
"Maybe for you like that, then what about Miss Veronica? Does he think of it that way too? Maybe he's still expecting you?’’
"I've told him many times that I can't love him and just think of him as a friend."
"Mr Kalashnikov, you should also take a vacation to calm your mind. Maybe by going on vacation you'll be a little relaxed."
"Thank you for your advice. I'll consider it."
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"Veronica, how's your relationship with Vladimir lately? Is everything going well?’’father says.
"My relationship with Vladimir is fine, but until now he has not forgotten Lizzie. It seems she still loves him. I envy him, even though he's dead, he's still loved by Vladimir. Looks like I'll find it hard to take Vladimir's heart and make him forget Lizzie "
"You need to be patient. Vladimir needs time to get over it, so you have to slowly take his heart and make him love you. Vladimir will be having dinner with us tomorrow night, so you should dress up and be as beautiful as possible, if necessary you go to the best candidate to beautify yourself."
"If it were for Vladimir's sake, I would do it."
"You don't have to rush to get it, because your toughest rival is no more."
"I know, but still I didn't feel at ease before I was sure of getting him. I'm afraid he'll turn to another woman."
"That's impossible. Where maybe Vladimir will turn to other women, because at this time there is still Lizzie's heart."
"Dad is right. Aky must immediately remove Lizzie from Vladimir's heart "
By late afternoon, the sky had turned orange and outside the wind was blowing hard. Vladimir was still in his office. He was still busy with his work, since then he flipped through the files of cases on his desk. His face had started to look saturated, then slammed the file he was holding onto the table.
"This is enough. I can't keep going like this. I had to reorganize my life again from the beginning, then Vladimir stood up and walked over to the window, his eyes glaring deep into the sky.
"Lizzie, what am I supposed to do now? Without you by my side, my life is meaningless. Lizzie, I miss you. Are you happy there? I want to forget you, but I know I can't possibly forget you, everywhere I always see the shadow of your face, even before I had a chance to see the shadow of your face in the files."
Vladimir sat down and resumed his work.
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"Is that kid not home yet?’’Nica told Juliet, her wife.
"Sounds not yet ?’’
"Did he intend to work until night again? It's 10 o'clock in the night, he should have been home from last night. He's forcing himself to work."
"You should go to bed soon."
"I'll wait for him to come home."
"good. It's up to you."
Vladimir went home. He went straight to his room with a tired face. When she entered the room, Nicola was already waiting in her room.
"Yes, Mother. What do you do here?’’
"Of course waiting for you to come home. Do you know what time it is? It's 11:30 already. Almost every day you work until midnight, if you keep going like this you can get sick later" said Nicola.
"What your father said is right. I don't want you to get sick "
"Are you guys worried about me?’’
"Of course,’’said Nicola and Juliet together.
"Let's just calm I'm fine."
"Vladimir, I don't like the way you live now, which is constantly immersing yourself in work every day. I know you did that so you wouldn't be reminded of Lizzie and I also see in you no spirit of life. You can't live like that. We all lost Lizzie."
"Thank you. You're already worried about me. Now I want to sleep and I'm very tired."
"alright. You should go to bed soon.Good night!’’
"I don't think I closed it well."
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For Zoya today is a very pleasant day. Today he is free from his work.
"It's a beautiful day."
The sun shines so brightly, Zoya walks around Moscow's luxury shops. He bought a lot of clothes and shoes. He now has difficulty carrying his groceries and some of his groceries have fallen.
"I shouldn't have bought this much."
When Zoya is about to retrieve her fallen item, a young man comes to her aid.
"Let me help,’’ said the young man.
Zoya lets the young man pick up her fallen belongings.
"This is your stuff. Looks like you're having trouble carrying those things. Do you shop alone?’’
"Thank you. You've helped me. I shop alone."
"Let me help you bring your groceries, if you don't mind."
"really. I really am helped. Please bring it to the car."
The young man helps Zoya get her groceries to the car.
"As a sign of thanks, how about I treat you to lunch?’’
"If it doesn't bother you. All right, I accept your offer."
They both headed to the restaurant .
"It looks like this young man is very kind, friendly and also handsome. This is the first time a man has ever eaten together. It's like a first date ."
"What are you doing here? Are you on a walk around near here?’’zoya opened the conversation.
"No. I'm working on it. I told my boss to investigate something."
"Are you a detective?’’
"No. I'm not a detective, but I'm used to doing this job."
"Is your boss very kind and not grumpy?’’
"Yes. Why?’’
"You're lucky to have such a good boss."
"You don't work today?’’
"No, I'm asking for a day off."
"That means your boss is good too, because it's already given you a day off."
"I forced him to give me a day off."
"Oh so apparently. Ah, sorry I have to leave now, my boss is waiting for a report from me. Thanks for the lunch. I'm glad to see you."
"Wait ! What's your name?’’
"My name is Anton Zalessky. And you?’’
"I'm Zoya Fugazina. Nice to meet you."
‘’I too. See you, Miss Fugazina."
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Vladimir was getting ready to come to the dinner at Yermolov's residence. He began to clean up his things, then left immediately. Before going to Veronica's house, she decides to go to a place Lizzie frequents. He went to the city park and sat on a bench reminiscing about his time with her. Tears fell from Vladimit's eyes, and were quickly removed.
At Yermolov's residence, Veronica is restless waiting for Vladimir's arrival. He looked out the windows and doors to await Vladimir's arrival.
"Can you calm down for a moment. Vladimir will be here soon."
"Where can it calm down. What if Vladimir doesn't come?’’
"Vladimir must have come. He'll call me if he doesn't come."
The sound of a car coming into the yard, Veronica went straight out of the house, then Vladimir out of the car.
"Welcome!” veronica said with a happy smile.
"How are you?’’ said Mr. Yermolov.
"I'm fine."
They headed straight for the dining room and plenty of food was already available on the table. They then ate dinner. When they finished, they left the family room. They talk till night.
"It seems I should be home soon now. Thanks for dinner."
"Thank you. You are coming,’’ said Mr. Yermolov.
Veronica drove Vladimir to the front of the house. He hesitated to talk to Vladimir.
"Vladimir, can we start the relationship from the beginning again."
"sorry. I can't do that. I've told you before, that I don't love you."
"You can learn to love me and someday you'll be able to love me."
"I've learned to love you and I still can't love you. You better find another man who really loves you and gives you happiness, because I can't give it all to you."
"Did you still love that girl? Vladimir, he's dead. He's not coming back to you."
"I knew he was dead and would never come back to me. Even so my heart belongs to only one Lizzie and I will love her until I die."
Vladimir got into his car and left the house of the Yermolov family. Her father saw Veronica crying.
"What's up?’’
"It looks like Vladimir won't be able to love me. He told me himself."
"Then you better forget him. Find another man who loves you."
"But I want Vladimir to be my husband."
"But he doesn't love you. Forget about him! Her heart already belonged to another woman, even though she was already dead."
"Well, why is this? A few hours ago Dad supported me to get Vladimir back, but now he told me to forget it."
Mr. Yermolov shook his head. Finally he decided to send Veronica to Hawaii.
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"Good morning, Zoya!’’
"Good morning, Mr Kalashnikob!’’
"How was your vacation yesterday? Is it fun?’’
"Of course it's fun,’’ said Zoya beaming.
"I decided to take a vacation to Prague."
"really? You have made the right decision. You need that vacation. So when do you go?’’
"First of next month. So as long as I'm gone, I leave my office to you."
"good. As long as you're gone, don't worry about your office, I'll take good care of it."
"Thank you."
"Today he was very happy. Not as usual. Maybe it's because of yesterday's vacation. It turns out that the vacation I gave her can make her this happy, "whispers Vladimir' heart.
Zoya leaves Vladimir's office. [ ]
