- When your friend brought you.

Jess got up immediately.

- What - that night?

- You…

The brother did not finish speaking - his mother returned, and for some reason he fell silent. And then, it seems, he completely changed his mind. He said he forgot what he wanted to say.

"You'll spend Christmas at home," the mother promised, smiling before she left.

She hugged Jess and hugged her tight. And she immediately - to tears - wanted to leave with her parents and brother.

But I had to stay.

Jess lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling and completely immersed in her unhappy thoughts. And suddenly...