Vera's Book Corner

There are different kinds of love. Like love for your parents, love for your siblings, your grandparents, your friends, love for your country, love for your job... Every day, Tom reminds me that before him, I had another love in my life. Before Tom, the theatre was my whole life. "My love for you, no matter how big it is, could never be enough to make you completely happy, and your love for me could never be a substitute for the love you have for acting." Tom is constantly repeating to me these words, and maybe he is right. He understands me, and he knows me because he is like me. The music is the love he couldn't live without. "What do you plan to do for the rest of your life, Nina? Do you want to sit at home and do nothing? If that makes you happy, go ahead. You have my full support, but I don't think that is what you want. You can't use the word "theatre" anymore, and watching a movie is too painful for you. I remember the sparkle in your e...

July 2018 "Hey," I said when I opened my eyes and saw Tom lying next to me. "Good morning!" Tom said with a big smile. "Good morning! What are you doing?" I asked him, still sleepy. "I'm enjoying the view." "Don't you have something better to do?" "I do, but nothing can be more enjoyable than watching you sleeping. Nina, my sweet Nina. Do you know what day is today?" "I think it's Saturday. Why? Is something important going to happen today?" "Stop pretending that you have forgotten. Today is our sixth anniversary. Six years ago, on this day, we met on the beach in Rimini." "This is a very strange anniversary. In the past six years, we have been together for only one week and two months. You were engaged to another girl, I was engaged to another man..." "Well, no relationship is perfect," Tom said with laughter. "In the past six years, we had only pain and s...

In one small suitcase and a backpack, I've packed everything I own. I don't want to take anything from Samuel. I don't want his designer bags and shoes. I don't want his expensive jewelry and beautiful dresses. I don't want anything that will remind me of the hell I've been through in the past two years. I wasn't with him for his money and the expensive things he was buying for me. I was waiting for a miracle to happen, and finally, today, the miracle really happened. "Hey, Nina! What is this suitcase doing in the hall?" Samuel asked at the moment he arrived from Las Vegas. "Are you going somewhere, or you're kicking me out of our apartment?" "I'm going home." "This is your home," Samuel said, confused. "I'm going to Croatia because I can't continue like this anymore. I'm tired of your girlfriends, I'm tired of your parties with your friends in Vegas and Hampton, and I'm tired o...

The doorman was looking at me suspiciously, and I guess he wanted to call the police. For three hours, I was standing in front of Tom's building and waiting for him to come out, but I was not a hundred percent sure that this was the building where he lives. Every time the door opened, and someone was coming out of the building, I thought it was him, and my heart was beating like crazy. If it's necessary, I'll wait a whole day, and if I don't see him today, I'll come back tomorrow. I'll keep coming every day until I talk to him and find out the truth. It was almost 10:30, and there was still no sign of Tom. But what if Tom was not in the building, or what if he slept somewhere else, or what if he left before I arrived? At 10:53, the door slowly opened, and this time it was Tom. I had spent the night thinking about what to say when I see him, but now I was just standing in front of him, wishing I could stop my tears and say something. "You?" he sai...