[ WP ] Write a story about a 55 year old Belarusian man , Andrej Kovalyuk and a pretty 12 year old girl , Kasia . GO !

`` I'm sorry,'' he cried wiping his eyes with his fists. `` I'm sorry.'' 
 
 He cried both like an old man and like a child. He was an old man and in front of him stood a child. That's why I noticed them in the first place. What would a child do in a place like this? 
 
 They made a weird pair. He seemed to be about 60, a working guy like the bar's usual patrons. As I said, she was the one that had no place there. Her clothes looked expensive, even to someone like me, her accent sounded different and I guess I could say that even her posture was conveying she was from another world. 
 
 `` Andrej!'' Her voice was firm and it made him look up at her face. I noticed her arm twitching, as if she wanted to touch him, but she kept her hands properly folded in her lap. 
 
 `` You were children. Stop blaming yourself.'' 
 
 `` No! We were already men.'' 
 
 `` You were 16, 18, 19. Hardly men.'' 
 
 `` There, there. stop crying.'' 
 
 They were whispering to begin with, but their voices got even lower after that and I had to strain myself to hear the next part. 
 
 `` We would have been the same age, if you lived, if we did n't...'' 
 
 `` Stop.'' 
 
 `` How can you...'' 
 
 `` We ca n't turn back time. And, besides you, they are all dead and buried now.'' 
 
 Then she leaned towards him and went on: 
 
 `` I think there has to be a reason why I remember. You noticed most do n't. And I've truly forgiven you.'' 
 
 `` Kasia...'' 
 
 `` That's not my name anymore, Andrej.'' 
 
 `` No, Kasia...'' 
 
 `` You too will stop being Andrej in a short while.'' 
 
 He was n't crying anymore and their eyes were locked, unblinking. She went on, without allowing him to answer. 
 
 `` Maybe we will meet again then. Maybe that's how it was meant to be. Maybe we will both be happier together after we will truly allow our old selves to die. You wo n't know who I am but if we meet, I will know you. And we'll meet. You'll see.'' 
 
 Then she got up. She left. He made no move to stop her. Long minutes passed before he got up to order another vodka. 
 
 
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