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Victoria followed her mother around the house to avoid feeling lonely, but it was very hard seeing her.
Irina didn´t speak, only cried. Without sobbing, the tears poured constantly down her face.
Her father started smoking again, by his own admission, it wasn´t worth it to mind his health anymore. He spent his hours locked in his office, forgoing food and daylight. He only left to join his wife in bed to sleep.