was knocking at the door so persistently? Maybe annoying neighbors? Or a postman?
Olga opened the door and even screamed a little in surprise. On the doorsteps was standing Sylvia, the wife of the Indian consul Dominic. The good-natured round face was smiling. In the hands of Sylvia was a huge basket with fruits, vegetables, herbs …
Olga could not say exactly what was there, since everything was local, unknown to her. Olga was on very simple diet, not willing to try anything new or exotic.
“Good morning, miss Olga! I'm so glad I found you! My husband and I arrived in the city today, and while he is in the ministry, I decided to visit you! We haven’t seen each other since you were staying in our village with your friend …”
“Yes, Sylvia, thank you again for your hospitality, come in! Tea, coffee, water?”
“Just water please! And you are so pale! Are you okay? You know, there is a Dengue fever epidemic all over the region now.”
“Yes, you know, just this morning I felt nausea and chills …”
“You need to take more liquids, vitamins. This tea herbs are very good, take it. It's so good that I stopped by! And fruit! Here are pink grapefruits! Here is a sugar apple, here is a golden apple – don't laugh, these are not the apples that you are used to, but no worse! You need to eat better; you are so thin and pale! Well, I must go! I will say hello to Dominic from you!”
“Thank you, Sylvia. You are very kind!”
“It's my pleasure! We are always glad to see you with friends in our village.”
The stout Indian woman drank some water, wiped off the sweat with a large hanky and said goodbye.
Fruit and tea herbs with the scent of basil remained on the table. Olga inhaled in the sweet aromas of the Indian gifts in deep breaths – how wonderful!
Indeed, this local herbal tea should be brewed!
Half an hour later, Olga was already working at full speed on the report, sitting in front of a laptop with a huge mug of steaming pale tea with a basil aroma. And then she felt sick again, she barely made it to bed and passed out.
… Olga was found by Denis, in her bedroom, in bed, in a pool of blood. At first, Denis got scared, thinking of murder, but then he felt a weak pulse and called an ambulance.
Denis just saved her.
Olga had another miscarriage, this time of an unborn child from Dominic, the Indian consul … She almost died from the blood loss …
Olga woke up in the central hospital of the Island, where a nurse told her this sad news.
Denis was not allowed to see her, because he was not a relative. But he managed to visit her the next day.
“Olga, you are so pale, almost blue! You need to increase your hemoglobin; you have lost so much blood! I thought you were killed!!!”
“Who’d need to kill me …”
“What happened?”
“It's okay, just bleeding. It happens sometimes with me …”
“Did you have someone the day before? Have you been visited?
“By Sylvia, the wife of the Indian consul…”
“What for?!”
“She brought gifts …”
“Wait, the consul's wife… Is he married? So, she probably wanted to kill you!”
“No, not me, my child …”
“Wait, what!?!? … Well, yes, it's logical … it was Dominic's child, right? And you drank what his wife gave you…”
“It was just herbal tea …”
“Probably a traditional Indian remedy for abortion, or even a poison! … Oh, Olga, sorry, I made you tired. Get some sleep …”
“Why did you come to me at that exact time? Did something happen?”
“You called me yourself and I called you back. Then nothing! And I decided to go to you. Just in time! By the way, you didn't lock the front door, you need to be careful, Olga!!!! I will be there until you are discharged, and later too, until you get stronger! Your fridge is empty. I've already bought everything. I’d stay with you for now, if you don’t mind …
“I object and your wife Zina too!”
“Zina won’t mind. She’d come herself, but she got some urgent work …”
Denis finally left. Olga sighed. She had a surgery, no more children … Yes, with her negative rhesus, to have children were quite difficult, and with her luck, almost impossible!
Olga thought about Julia, her friend, who became sterile after the birth of her mutant child.
Olga herself feared that she could become pregnant from that Indian consul who could be a mutant. Dominic simply fascinated her then, in a completely incomprehensible way.
Julia also did not escape Dominic’s spell. Poor Julia! And Olga just abandoned her, never called …
Olga was finally discharged from the hospital home.
Denis came to pick her up and then looked after her for another day.
Later Olga insisted on Denis’ returning home to his wife. The fact that Zina never called or came was a bad sign.
“How funny it turned out, Denis, you said that mutants are sterile, and then Ray was born! All the women, who got pregnant from “sterile” mutants, then got “sterile” themselves …”
“What are you talking about, Olga?”
“Julia will never have children, and neither will I. Two of a kind!”
“You had something with mutant Ray!?!”
“Denis!! It's impossible to talk to you sometimes!”
“Aww! You think your Indian Dominic is a mutant! I don’t think so! He probably gave you some kind of potion, just like his wife Sylvia!!! They also have witchcraft and drugs are very popular too. Wait!!! Have you become barren? Olga! I'm such a fool!!! Forgive me! I never called you. You have been alone all this time, and I was the one who brought you to this Island.”
Denis hugged Olga, and she clung to him. What a familiar scent, the scent of his childhood!
How strange everything turned out on this island. The beautiful Olga, a secretary and Denis' first love, with whom he flew over here to work on a contract few years ago…
How did she turn into their boss' mistress and even for a while into an English lady?!
How did she later on become the “beloved wife” of the Indian consul Dominic!?
And how did Olga turn up again in the role of a secretary? …
And how did Denis turn up married to a large and lively IT woman Zina, the complete opposite of Olga? …
