Господин Барон / The Baron: 2

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"So you're a nobleman here? I suspected you of being some kind of stranger to the working class! It's not for nothing that you wash your hands in the toilet every time, not for nothing! That noble gut shows itself!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:19

"Mitrich, stop it. I wash my hands because my father is a doctor."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:27

"The father is a respected man, a doctor! The mother is even a teacher! And who's the son? Ugh, he's a baronish boy!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:28

"Were you eavesdropping at the door, like Olechka?"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:29

The superior, who rushed into my office right after von Schnitze left, looked at me with a fatherly look, then shook his head indulgently.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:32

"Nikolaich, you should at least use your head. All right, she is young, silly," a creepy growling was heard from behind the door, and Mitrich purposely raised his voice: "And in general - wo-man! But I am an experienced man, I'm from my childhood at the construction site! I understand everything: how the sockets are made, how the ventilation is laid, and where the glass should be pressed against the wall ..."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:33

"So I'm always under the radar?"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:33

"Of course! Come on, confess, where did you get the castle in Europe? Well, you can't steal so much in our office!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:34

"You shouldn't do that, I've got something... Shit! Never mind, it's from the days when the Chief was tall and curly."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:35

"Was it even before the revolution? Uh-oh! What does the old man want from you?"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:35

"That I might have the grace to look over a property somewhere in the ass of the world. And participate in the political life there."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:39

"Well, get out of here!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:39

I looked at him grimly. Mitrich responded with the innocent gaze of a sixty-year-old infant.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:39

" Seriously, Nikolaich, come on, take a break! It's the third year you've been working without a vacation, so go away and let your subordinates at least take home a box of paper clips in peace! How should I call you now, "Your Lordship"? Or "Your Highness"?"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:41

"Just say "Baron."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:41

"Come on, write your claim, how long do you need? Well, a week there, a week there, a week for the hangover, back..."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:42

Trying to think of circumstances why it was beneficial to keep me away from work for a month, I came up with nothing of the sort. So after five more minutes of fiddling around, I finally wrote the paper, which the director immediately signed off on.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:43

"There! Now go, and report when you come back! And how you defended the interests of the feudal system there, and the views from the window, and how the rutabagas are sown there - you will report everything. And about the right of the first night, too, since you're such a liege lord!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:44

Mitrich dodged the eraser thrown at him, laughed, and went out. I took another look at the table and the papers. I estimated how fatal it would be to leave the office and what needed to be finished first. And suddenly I realized with surprise that if I disappeared even for three months... Well, no, not three months, but two months for sure, they would live without me, and not even too much trouble. I had to load someone up for the whole period so that when they arrived and handed out souvenirs, I could lock myself away and scold the wrongdoers according to all the strictness of the instructions.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:47

With determination, I turned off the computer, put on my jacket hanging on the back, and went out.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:47

I felt uncomfortable again at the sight of the poor, humiliated secretary being humiliated by her cruel bosses. The girl sat with her foot resting on the back of her chair. A soft slipper tapped rhythmically on the leg of the desk, a stethoscope was visible in the open drawer. Olechka, following my gaze, carefully pushed the drawer closed and slowly, gracefully turned to me.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:48

So you, Alexander Nikolayevich, are a real nobleman? And you have a whole castle?" The voice was honeyed and dangerous. God forbid to make a mistake, you may not be able to get out of this embrace. She will take to the painful grasp, and drag to the registry office!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:50

I heard a grunt from behind the door of Mitrich's office as if someone was trying to hold back laughter. Yeah, this bison has had more than that. He's laughing...

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:51

"I am... tomorrow. All tomorrow!" And bravely slipped along the wall and out into the corridor. What do you think of that? I am a grown man, had seen everything, from a caged sky to a pinned-up coffin lid from the inside. And this chubby girl I'm afraid of. I wish I'd have taken her a long time ago and...

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:55

Just in case, I didn't think too loudly after "and". There was a rumor that Olechka's grandmother was a witch, what if she could really eavesdrop on my thoughts?

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:57

Five people were standing at the exit, even though it was the middle of the day. All of them, including the security guard, was looking at me with undisguised curiosity! Well, that's how they knew? Olechka blabbed? So she was with us all the time! Who else? How could I know?!

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:58

With a stony expression on my face, I walked past. I heard something behind me:

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 11:58

"Here, look how he' s going! You can see it! I suspected it from day one!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:00

Maybe we have eavesdropping pipes in the walls, like in ancient castles? Could the builders have done something like that?

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:01

On the way home, I pondered all this craziness.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:01

The reports, as it turned out, von Schnitze sent regularly to my old school. I thought it would be hilarious when the principal found out that Sasha Mogila had become a baron. I did not take into account that two years later the school would be closed. However, this is irrelevant. The important thing is that I can smell a trick with my gut, but if I don't go and check it out in person... I'll never forgive myself. So I must get ready.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:03

My daughter answered on the second ring.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:03

"Anyuk? Hello, kiddo! How are you?"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:04

"Dad! Hi, where are you from? Dad, we're fine. Lenka took second place in the city competitions, I'm doing great... No, Mom, it's not. Mom, that's mine! Mom, give it back!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:05

With a sigh and a wince, I listened.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:05

On the phone, as usual, taking the phone from her daughter, yelled a woman.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:06

Ex, damn, wife.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:06

A gorgeous little provincial girl who had come to the capital and somehow, unnoticed, turned out to be my wife. Blond, big-eyed, not too beautiful, but very, very cute.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:07

A real viper.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:07

Who gave birth to my two daughters.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:08

Before she kicked me out of my apartment and took over the business. Before the investigators got to it.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:09

The older one, Anna, is thirteen. The youngest, Lena, is ten.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:10

I see them once a month, because the mother, who married a promising businessman from the capital, believes that if a man at forty does not have a million, then he is not a man.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:11

Which, however, does not prevent her from pulling money from me under any pretext.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:11

Which, however, does not prevent me from not giving it, paying only the daughters' expenses.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:11

In general, the usual story.

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:14

Listening to the shouts, I noted to myself - to buy the girls presents and congratulate Lenka, then I scratched the back of my head and cut in for another phrase:

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:15

"Elka, you white-haired cow! I'm going to Europe for a couple of weeks, on business..."

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:16

"What's the bandit up to now?! You're shipping stolen cars again, aren't you?!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:17

"You, stop yelling!"

Camrad_RIP 18.11.21 в 12:18