<div style="text-align: justify;">Mariya could hardly believe that Vitali was actually willing to forgive her. Knowing he was, though, filled her heart with relief. Of course, the fact that he could forgive her didn’t mean there was no trouble to come. Actually, the fact that Vitali knew now meant that they would both be in trouble very soon. He was right - they had to move, they had to get out of there. And they had to do it before someone knew that she had told Vitali the truth. Otherwise, they would both be dead. <br/><br/>“Thank you for forgiving me, Viti”, she murmured, already moving around. They couldn’t stop and think too much. “I love you”, Mariya completed, sincerely, while walking into the room they shared whenever Vitali spent the night in there.<br/><br/>“We need to travel light”, the young woman continued on. “If we seem to be carrying luggage, it will be obvious what we are doing. I think we should each wear two sets of clothing, one underneath the other, and carry only the essential. It would be easier to move around this way”.<br/><br/>After these words, Mariya looked around her. It was painful to think that they had to leave, but to be honest, they shouldn’t even have been spending time together there. Picking up her purse, she got what little money she had and some items she could fit in there. “I have a really bad feeling about all this, down here inside”, she confessed, stopping for a moment and standing in front of Vitali to get his attention.<br/><br/>“If everything goes wrong… have you at least been happy with me here?”, she asked, knowing that she was wasting time, but unable to carry on without having the answer to her question.</div>