Chapter 49: Love, an eternal prison

There's a saying, 'All's fair in love and war.' Twenty years ago on a fateful day, Marcov Bronsky witnessed true beauty and learned it the hard way. 

He just came out of the university, totally broke. He was looking for a job, a stable, not so dangerous job: definitely not an explorer job. The mere fact that he had no way to pay next month's rent bothered him more than the fact that he'd probably have to be single for the rest of his life. 

He was an average-looking guy with no money. Girls didn't flock around him and when he – after gathering all his courage for days - proposed, everyone just laughed at him. It was a cruel reality but a reality he'd already accepted. He knew he wasn't cut out for all that romance and stuff.

And that's why on that fateful day, Marcov headed for a small office hiring plumbers. He didn't like it but at least he'd have a future: at least he'd have money and at least he'd be able to pay rent.