Pause. Silence. And then he laughed. An absolutely amazing laugh, which seemed to have torn off the mask from him. Broke apart the armor of the cracker and the dictator.

He laughs, throwing his head back. His eyes have rays of wrinkles. And he looks like he's ten years younger. And it seems that I cannot take my eyes off him - he is so mesmerizingly beautiful at this moment. He caught me like that - with a shocked face, with his eyes fixed on him tightly, with his fingers convulsively clutching the fabric of the dress.

8. Edgar

And she's funny. Together with laughter, both fatigue and a difficult...