Taxi

A woman in casual clothes gets into Azriel’s car and asks him to take her to the supermarket. Her face is glowing with friendliness, but something seems off to him. - Shopping? — The cab driver asks, using the most innocuous question to start the conversation. - Yes. I’ll meet my friends there and we’ll go to look at things,” she said with a sweet but mysterious smile. - Do you have a family? — The man asked. The woman sighed heavily. - I used to have… A husband and a daughter. But they died in a fire. It was four years ago. I managed to escape, but they didn’t,” she said sadly. Asriel remembered giving a man and a sobbing child a ride four years ago. - I’m sorry. Why was there a fire? — the cabbie asked. When he questioned those, they said that they did not know the cause of death, but their wife and mother was cruel and did not love them. - I didn’t really understand it myself. I think I was cooking when I smelled a strong odor of smoke from the stove. I screamed and ran out of the apartment. They heard, tried to run away, but I don’t know why they failed… When the firemen arrived, they were already dead,” the passenger said with tears in her eyes. And the driver remembered the story of her husband, he said that when he and his daughter tried to run out, the front door was locked. He made a sharp 180-degree turn and drove faster. The woman didn’t seem to notice. - I’m so sorry,” Azriel whispered, trying to keep his voice soft, but his hands gripping the steering wheel too tightly, too tightly, gave away his anger. - What do you do for a living? — The man asked, wanting to distract himself. - A designer,” the woman mumbled, “I recently completed a large order. - Ah, that’s great… — the cab driver said quietly. - In general, I plan to move to a bigger city, there and the salary will be bigger, and a lot of orders. As a designer, I am very good at what I do. Even rich people come to me,” she chirped. - Very interesting! If I need a designer, I will definitely turn to you,” Azriel promised the passenger. - Thank you! How much longer do we have to go? — she asked. - It’s just around the corner. Have a good shopping,” the car stopped, “Goodbye! - Goodbye! — the woman said goodbye, waving her hand. Asriel was finally able to express his emotions. He frowned and leaned back in his seat. - You bitch… How could you do that? You two-faced bitch! You’re lying too! Why did you let your sin go so easily? I thought she was innocent at first! The driver pulled off after being notified of a new passenger.