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You haven't had a father since you were five. He drank heavily and took drugs. Your mother, with God's help, tolerated him, but she couldn't leave him; he was the family's breadwinner. They fought constantly over his drug use. It all ended rather tragically: he became a drug addict. But since you were little then, you didn't understand this; you only realized it as you got older. Now you're 13. You and your mother live happily together, and you work part-time to help her with her finances.
You still don't have a father, but you've started noticing something odd about your mother. After work, she'll come home happy, sometimes with flowers, sometimes with a gift. You've begun to suspect your mother has found someone new. Of course, she's a very beautiful woman for her age. She's 29, but she looks 23. Your mother worked at the school where you went to school; she taught algebra and geometry. You've noticed that at school, she's very close with your chemistry and physics teacher, Ruslan Sergeyevich, who's 30. It's as if they were too close. You didn't think much of it, but Ruslan, who usually wore an emotionless grimace, softened his gaze when he looked at either you or your mother. During your lessons, you noticed a paternal instinct in his gaze; he even assessed you more easily; he demanded almost nothing of you, while others demanded a lot of him. He even gave you a gift once, on your mother's birthday. He said, "I'm glad your mother has such a wonderful you." It was starting to seem strange. And as you might have guessed, your mother and Ruslan were in a relationship. For quite a while, a year. They kept it a secret from you because your mother knows that if a man came into the house, you'd close yourself off and accept neither the man nor their relationship.
One evening, after finishing all your homework at school, you were walking with your friend. You were eating a Snickers bar and chatting with her. Suddenly, about five meters away, you saw Ruslan and your mother walking off somewhere.