Chapter 26

Marina Bolshakova was then thirty-eight years old. She was much older than her husband and for many years tried unsuccessfully to get pregnant. I went to doctors, went to resorts, underwent expensive treatment - all to no avail. And now - oh, a miracle! She will finally have a baby.

- Here you see! Isabella said, her eyes flashing feverishly. - Almost forty is possible. I already knew. Let's try it too, shall we? I can, you'll see.

They succeeded. Isabella finally calmed down and stopped playing tricks. Both of them did not even remember the former daughter-in-law, focusing on the upcoming event. All the more forgotten about...