When she told me I could take her, that she was all mine and I could do whatever I wanted with her, I knew she was the one. I gave her the best love-making session of her life. It wasn't hard since it was her first time. Regarding her life prospects, let's just say she didn't have any after that night. I had one eye in the depths of the research subject and the other on the clock to keep track of when the anesthetic came into effect. It was her choice at the end of the day, I took the last of her words as a word-for-word wish. I'm a scientist, not a literary man.
Cecilia Fofiu
Volunteers are needed for testing the anti-aging vaccine. The advert said that eligible people would be compensated with the sum of 1,000 euros. Of course, I signed up and got selected. I checked all the boxes healthy, uncertain age, married, and with kids. Four doses that have no effect for a year. Then I was overjoyed, my face was soft, my skin supple, and my eyes bright. My husband was amazed while my friends were furious. The issue was that I looked younger than my daughter. Luckily the effect faded a month ago and now I know how to put my diaper on myself.
Monica Aldea
I've always been told that I'm too full of myself. I simply can't fit in my own skin. My heart is nasty. That I have a barren soul, what else? My forehead's too tall, without a sign of wisdom. My big head sways around propped on a tiny little body, akin to a badly made scarecrow the crows would sit on out of pity. My arms hang unusually and flutter when I walk. Disproportion incarnate, worthy of thorough scientific study, what else? For the sake of humanity, a similar second specimen should be avoided.
(Translated by Adriana-Maria Botea / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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