The Mistress Who Won
For four years Tijana waits for Nikola to leave his wife. When he arrives with two suitcases, she thinks she has won, until she goes for his winter coat.
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The other woman rarely gets her side of the story, and a wife rarely learns everything at once. These nine stories look at a secret affair from more than one angle: the one who waits, the one who confesses and the one who pieces the truth together from small things.
For four years Tijana waits for Nikola to leave his wife. When he arrives with two suitcases, she thinks she has won, until she goes for his winter coat.
Vesna brings basil to her lover's flat, believing they are beginning a life together. He expected only a place where nobody would see them.
Suspecting her husband is cheating, Ivana seeks answers from the woman whose marriage she once helped break.
A florist serves a customer requesting three identical bouquets, then discovers one is meant for his own wife.
A bakery owner discovers that her husband's assistant knows their home schedule better than the new shift roster.
At a family wedding, Azra discovers her husband dances much better than he has ever shown her. Familiar movements raise a question she can no longer avoid.
A husband admits an old affair, then expects his wife to finish grieving by the end of the weekend he selected for the conversation.
While trying to rebuild their relationship, a man reveals that he places their agreed separation before the day it actually happened.
Coming home from Mostar, a high official's wife meets a young officer. Sarajevo forgives her a lot, but not that she does not hide whom she loves.
After reading
Compare two stories from this selection. The same motif need not lead to the same decision.
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