Dear Padrooga,

I am officially back in Kyiv!

I spent most of September in Yalta with my mother and it was wonderful. I love the fresh air there. I felt invigorated and ready to take on life. Zhenya and I were on the phone to each other constantly and Misha also called frequently.

I returned home to Kyiv and Misha gave me the shock of my life. He is getting married to a twenty year old girl that I don't even know! Now we know why he has been moody with me for the past few months. Darling the shock of it all shook my system so much that my mother packed me off to England to stay with my Aunt. I had to get out of Kyiv. I had no idea he was even meeting with another girl! He gave no indication at all. Suddenly he is just engaged and says he will be married soon. He doesn't know the date and appears to be absolutely unconcerned whether it will even happen or not.

And the most shocking part of the whole thing is he still wants to keep seeing me. Never made an attempt to introduce me or talked about introducing me to this post-evil teenage devoushka and then tells me it will be completely normal for us to continue meeting like we always have in the past! I told him to go to H*&% and have not called him since!

This has really shocked me down to my stilettos and I really am having a hard time being a cool devoushka. Please send advice.

Love,
Elena