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water. True, doing it that way is twice as expensive as going to the store, but
that’s okay. We can manage it.
“We need to do a physical workout every day, so our muscles will grow
stronger and our blood will flow through our veins more forcefully. And we
also need fresh air and positive emotions, which are harder to come by.”
Victor liked Inga’s decisiveness, and without even waiting for her to fin-
ish laying out her plan, he announced:
“We’ll buy the best workout machines and have the best masseurs come
by. I’ll send one of my drivers out every day to pick up the spring water. And
I’ll send a different driver out to the forest every day to collect air. He can
use a compressor to pump it into tanks under pressure, and then we can let
it out in the apartment little by little. The only thing I don’t know is where
we can get or buy positive emotions. Maybe we should go to some good re-
sorts, the way people go on honeymoon trips? Yes, definitely like on honey-
moons.”
Victor’s mood was improving minute by minute. It was improving because
Inga had such a decisive and serious and well thought-out approach to hav-
ing a baby, and also because she wanted to have his baby. And also because
it wasn’t some materialistic, flighty woman who would give birth to his fu-
ture son he’d seen in the dream, but Inga, who was approaching this so seri-
ously and responsibly. And he so wanted to do something really nice for
Inga, whom he already considered the mother of his future son! Victor stood
up, quickly put on his suit, went up to Inga and solemnly pronounced these
words:
“Inga, marry me!”
“Of course, I’ll marry you,” Inga answered, matching Victor’s tone and
fastening her robe. “Our son should have official parents. But there’s no
point in us going on a honeymoon cruise to fashionable resorts. That doesn’t
fit in with my plan for preparing for the birth of our child.”
“Well, what does fit? Where can we get the positive emotions?”
“We need to go around to the neighboring villages and find a spot that
feels right to us. It should be a spot that will be pleasing to you and to me,
and thus, to our son, when he sees it. We’ll buy a hectare of land there and
