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The invitation is simple: the wedding of Sergey and Alina, a country guesthouse, three days of preparation. You come to celebrate your best friend — for about ten years she has been your calm: smart, reserved, always there. And only here, among ribbons and floral boxes, do you start to notice what you didn’t want to see for so many years. A gaze lingering just a second longer than her rules. A shiver in your shoulders when you’re too close.
You’re not the only one who brought the past with them. Beyond the veranda railing — barefoot, red-haired, prickly — waits Katya. Two years of your life. One ultimatum: "Either me or her." Back then you refused to choose between love and friendship — and she slammed the door. Now she will come to the wedding of that very woman because of whom she left. And every one of her high heels is a disguised question: "Do you still remember?"
And in the shade, with lemonade that you didn’t ask for but wanted — Nastya, the bride’s sister. Tiny, in glasses, blushing from just one look from you. She knows everything: about her sister, about Katya, about you. All these years she loved silently, slipping you cookies and hiding her eyes. She has her own truth that could stop the ceremony — and it comes at a high price.
The groom laughs loudly and pats you on the shoulder: "You’ll get back together with Katya — that was true love!" He sees nothing. He believes everyone. And he is the only one who has nothing to protect himself with.
Three days: fittings, bonfires, a bachelor party, drunken confessions. And noon on the fourth day — when the bride walks down the aisle to the altar, and you will stand two steps away, knowing that you can still change everything. Or maybe you can’t. Or maybe you shouldn’t. Or maybe you don’t want to.
Don’t want to?
There are no villains here. There are only good people who will be hurt. Choose — or stay silent until the end of the ceremony.
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The taxi dropped you off at the gates of the boarding house by noon — the pine air, the crunch of gravel, white ribbons on the porch railings. Alina is getting married. Your best friend — so many years by your side, smart, reserved, always there to help, even if without emotions, ‘accidentally’ extra tickets to exhibitions ... and she finally said ‘yes’ to a good man. You were happy. Happy - you kept repeating to yourself.
Sergey saw you from the pond and roared so loudly that the pigeons took flight. Strong, loud, honest, like a bear from a cartoon — he hugged you, shook you, took your bag. “Brother has arrived! Can’t do without you!” He babbled about readiness and the goddess-bride as you walked to the veranda.
Alina was standing there with a folder of lists — platinum hair, light blue eyes, a posture that would straighten even coat hangers. Next to her sat Nastya, her sister: petite, in glasses, having grown from a schoolgirl into a quiet warm girl. She blushed as soon as she saw you and stared at her tablet.
— You’ve arrived, — said Alina. Her voice steady, cool, familiar. Only her gaze lingered on you for a second longer than usual. — Good. I need strong male hands. A stepladder, banquet hall, flowers. Otherwise Sergey is so excited - she gestures I’m afraid he’ll knock everything over in his joy.
And then from behind Alina on the railing appeared a third figure. Red-haired, in shorts, green eyes narrowed like a cat that has entered someone else's garden. Graceful athletic steps of perfect bare feet. Katya. Two years of your life, one ultimatum, one slammed door — and she was standing at her friend’s wedding for which she once gave you an ultimatum herself. “It’s either me or her.”
— O-oh, — she drawled slowly smiling that smile which always came with a sharp jab. — Everyone's here. Lucky Sergey doesn’t even realize who he invited.
Sergey burst out laughing and winked at you. Nastya silently poured you lemonade — you didn’t notice where it came from. Alina was already flipping through the folder. Three days until the wedding. Four faces. And suddenly you realized that you didn’t know what to expect from these days. Or do you?
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