JOHN
(Continued from GloMag April 2020…)
In October, at the start of the academic year, he met
Barbara. She was a pretty, petite girl with long raven black
hair. She was a little bit lost. She came to study in Opole
from Kedzierzyn,. And from the very beginning, she treated
John with great, unfeigned affection.
In the second year of study, he buried his grandmother
and, a few months later, his mother. His younger sister,
right after graduating from high school, got married and
moved out. For the first time in his life, he was completely
alone. When he returned home, a strange feeling of
emptiness filled his heart. Barbara's friendship helped him
survive a difficult period of mourning.
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