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away, his two cats join him in the balcony, giving him company. Marion, the big

cat, is thrusting its head down and around his legs then all of a sudden stops and
jumps up to sit on the railing: its usual place, and with a fixed look on its face,

scouting out over the yard. If anybody were shadowing him, where could they be,

where would they stand? He gently lets his gaze wander from window to
window in the houses opposite to his balcony. Jano starts thinking about his time

in prison. It's been about a month since he last was inside. He considers the

hundred-krone note he got for selling the kitten. He smiles with an almost
strange and wry smile, while he mutters to himself in self-pity: “How low can you

go? Selling kittens… pfff."
He strokes Marion over the soft fur and takes a deep puff of the thin cigarette he

just rolled with the last dry tobacco lint. His eyes are itchy and red; he is now just

waiting for the next buyer to call about the other kitten.
"Yes, yes," he mutters to himself nervously, as if to calm himself down. He looks

at Marion. "Soon the two of us will be alone again, and then we will find a way to

get by, my dear."
He walks back into the room and picks up the letter that he placed on the sofa

table before. Now, he wants to smoke, read and try to calm himself further down.
"Shit!" he exclaims loudly, as he’s reading the letter for the third time. A letter

sent from Croatia.

To Mr. Janokovic Tomick

Dear brother,
Congratulations on a month out of jail. The letter is sent on behalf of Olina

Tomick, your sister, as well as the rest of great Tomick family and me. We want to

stress that this was the absolute last time you did something criminal. If it happens
again, I, David Tomick, will personally make sure that you are either voluntarily

get deported back to Croatia or by force, and you will thus come under the care of

me and the rest of the family.
As your half-siblings, still related by blood, we must let you know that our patience

has waned. We cannot not accept any further criminal behaviour. The family name
is soiled because of you. Father, the one we have in common, died an honourable