Stephanie .

Crazy day today. We return home around lunchtime. I literally collapse from exhaustion. Maxim takes it upon himself to play with Katka while I warm up dinner for all of us and move away mentally from such news. She furtively glanced at Max and Katyusha, and a wave of discontent or even indignation arose in me when I noticed that Max, as if by chance, shrugged his shoulders, wincing slightly. Usually he constantly yearned for Katyusha in his arms, but today he did it very rarely. Immediately after the meal, we sent Katya to play in her room, while we ourselves remained sitting at the table.

Why didn't...