Kirill

In her wealthy father's house, a sixteen-year-old girl lived like a ghost. Sergei never acknowledged the daughter born to his wife. When the girl was five, her mother abandoned them, and a month later, her father married Marina, who had a son, Kirill, two years older than the girl. Sergei devoted all his love and attention to his stepson. All of Kirill's requests were fulfilled instantly: the best schools, university, expensive gifts. The girl, however, remained invisible. Her stepmother, Marina, a kind woman, tried to involve her stepdaughter in family conversations, but the girl remained silent, surrounded by a wall of alienation. For her sixteenth birthday, the girl received a gift from Marina and Kirill. Her father, without even congratulating her, announced at dinner a new large expense for her stepson—a trip and a new laptop. At that moment, the girl felt no resentment, only a cold emptiness. She realized: her father would never acknowledge her.