[GK]Never Break The Chain 10~13

chapter ten

Vasily hadn't been staying with his mother and sister since he'd been whisked away by some guy deluded into thinking he'd be the next Euler. The poor old math teacher should have lived to see the day Vasily betrayed the pure, raw theoretical math, or betrayed the government who had paid his tuition.

His holidays were spent solving problems at the old man's house, while choking down his so-called handmade "healthy" ice lollies. He'd caught him staring. It baffled him now that no adult seemed concerned about a grown man obsessively keeping little boys around.

On one rare occasion, he managed to take the train home—only to find Kateryna sitting at the dining table, rubbing something into her elbow, a half-empty bottle of vodka in front of her.

Kateryna turned, startled to find him home. Vasily didn't see his sister often, but he knew her so well. She should be fierce as a tigress. The idea that this terrifying young lady was capable of crying had never crossed his mind. Yet there she was, eyes red and swollen.

"Don't tell Mom." That was her first reaction.

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