FANTASY OR REALITY
ll never forget the day it all began. It was a Saturday and I was catching up on my housework as I'd worked all week long. My son, Alexei was over at his friend, Vasily's house playing computer games or something. Alexei and I lived alone in our little flat. Alexei's good-for-nothing father had left us a long time ago. My poor Alexei had been a frail, sickly c***d and it had been a struggle at times living on the salary I brought home from my job as a secretary for a small travel company, but...