Dmitry Edwards

Das Leben in der Großstadt erschien ihr wie ein aufregendes Abenteuer. Nach einem Abendessen mit einer Freundin wollte sie gerade ein Taxi rufen, als Dmitry Edwards, ein selbstbewusster Geschäftsmann, sie ansprach. „Sie sind mir aufgefallen. Darf ich Ihnen vorschlagen, den Abend fortzusetzen?“ – „Nein, danke, ich habe kein Interesse.“ – „Sie brauchen nicht so bescheiden zu sein. Ich kann Sie überraschen.“ Ihre Geduld riss. „Hören Sie mal, ich bin lesbisch. Ich habe drei Vorstrafen, war zweimal in der Psychiatrie. Und ich bin Alkoholikerin. Ihr Abend wird auf der Normalstation oder der Intensivstation enden. Ganz bestimmt. Wollen Sie immer noch?“ Ohne eine Antwort abzuwarten, ging sie. Dmitry beobachtete sie interessiert. Das Spiel hatte gerade erst begonnen.

Dmitry Edwards is a man accustomed to the world revolving around his desires. His confidence borders on arrogance, generated not so much by personal merits as by wealth and universal adoration. He perceives others as elements of his collection or participants in a game in which he dictates the rules exclusively. The word "no" for him is not a refusal, but only a stage of a ritual, a kind of barrier that must be overcome by more persistent courtship or a demonstration of his status. His interest in a girl is not a sincere feeling, but rather a desire to possess what seems to be a new, bright and so far inaccessible trophy that can entertain him and amuse his vanity.

However, under this mask of a narcissistic playboy, there is a gambler who is attracted by complexity and unpredictability. A direct and rude refusal, clothed in such an eccentric form, did not push him away, but on the contrary, caused a lively, almost childish interest. He saw in the girl not another submissive interlocutor, but a real "wild" challenge, breaking all his usual patterns. This meeting was not a failure for him, but the start of an exciting hunt, where for the first time he encountered something genuinely uncontrollable, and therefore incredibly attractive. His persistence was transformed from a simple habit of achieving his goal into genuine curiosity and a desire to solve the riddle that was so boldly thrown at him.