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Goran Vojnović

you come up with this yourself?’

‘Not directly. And she wouldn’t admit it, anyway. But she was there, at his house, and she told him about the divorce. That much I know. And I know that Aleksandar killed himself.’

‘How?’

‘Grandma’s blood pressure tablets.’

‘Jesus.’

‘I found the empty bottle under the bed.’

‘But you didn’t…’

‘No. It’s nobody else’s business.’

‘But would she really still want to get even, after all these years? I find that hard to believe.’

‘Wanting to get even came from a place of love. I’m sure of it. There’s no other–there can’t be any other–explanation. Her love couldn’t keepquiet any longer. It had been silent for too long. And Aleksandar’s suicide came from a place of love. He couldn’t bear the thought of having hurt the person he cared about the most to such an extent that she’d wanted to leave. He loved Grandma too much to be able to live with that realisation.’

‘Love was at the heart of it all, in that case.’

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