The delicious coffee that she had taken at her own suggestion, had produced something unknown to her, a kind of ecstasy that did not allow her to think clearly and respond precisely to what Azrael asked her.

He said, you mixed liquor with coffee and it gave you a special sensation, an unusual altered state of consciousness ... Don't worry, it will pass soon.

She felt calmer and began to tell him about her gray life, he listened attentively. Azrael also told her about his life as an obscure college professor and writer. He had been divorced for twenty years, had two daughters and one before them, who had lost...