tatiana artamonov is a calm to everybody's storm. a lighthouse for everybody's hurricane. and a safe place when the world's wind was too much.
all the pieces she plays when she tickled the black-and-white keys was a lullaby. all the smiles she threw...
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tatiana sat across the inspector after she let the whiz girl sit. the blonde woman glanced at her as the whiz girl looked her in the eyes.
"so," the inspector started, "tatiana artamonov, can we start?"
"sí, just call me tatiana," she mumbled,
"sure, tatiana," she said, "so, according to the records your father is russian working as an ambassador to represent your country, and your mother is indonesian helping your grandparents business, correct?"
"correct," she said as she confused why she asking her about her parents,
"your occupation besides a student in las encinas is a pianist, is that correct?"
"sí," she answered,
"and based on your data, you went to psychologist every six months,"
"what's the point of this?" she asked after she glanced at her father's lawyer on her back,
"nothing. we just checking about your background to see if you fit the profile," she confirmed, "and apparently, you're russian musician who went to psychologist routinely and spent most of your time with indonesian mother,"
"cómo?" she furrowed her eyebrows as she couldn't believe what the inspector said, "just because my father is from an ex-communist country and my mother is from a developing country, doesn't mean that they're cruel, ruthless, stupid and capable of raising a psycho daughter. as you believe,"
"and I'm not gonna mention that it's racism coming from your mouth. try harder, inspector," she said calmly. understanding about situation that the blonde woman tried to pressuring her.
"perdona," the inspector apologized as she moved the page of tatiana's information papers, "so, can you explain why you went to psychologist routinely? do you have any mental issues?"
she parted her lips slightly before answering the inspector's question.
"I'm not sure about that but I have synesthesia attributes. other than that, it's written on that paper," tatiana said referring to the paper the inspector had.
"sure," the blonde woman said, "so, according to your friends, all the things changed after the scholarship students came. are you blaming them for it?"
she glanced at her father's lawyer. she spoke up after he approved, "no,"
"cómo?" the inspector asked her,
"if their school is not collapsed, they wouldn't come to our school."
she dropped the answer and looked at the blonde woman's eyes causing the inspector stunned after hearing her answer.
