The Prosecutor Kuwait The launguage of silence

There was soul.

Tongue touched tongue.

At first, shy. Then—braver.

And between them—no more air.

Only the heat of skin.

And the silence that holds you like a blanket.

He felt her hands sliding over his neck.

Felt her breathing quicken.

Felt her body seeking closeness.

They lay side by side,

looking up.

And suddenly—they both laughed.

From happiness.

From the impossibility of holding on to it all—

but the deep desire to remember.

“Do you hear it?” she whispered.

“Hear what?”

“My soul.”

“Is it singing?”

“No.”

“It’s merged with yours.

Now it only sings together.”

Then came hands.

Bare. Warm.

He touched her thigh, her waist.

She traced his stomach, his shoulders, his lips.

And none of it was for passion’s sake.

It was for truth.

The truth lived in skin.

The truth lived in breath.

The truth—was them.

In the morning, they woke up wrapped in each other.

Not like two bodies.

But like one soul stretched across two forms.

He stroked her back.

She kissed his fingers.

And no one was in a rush.

Love is not just in the embrace.

Love is when you hold someone

as if you, yourself, long to be held—

and for the first time,

you are allowed to be.

Closer:

Jeanne once said:

“You know how to tell it’s real?”

“How?”

“If after the kiss, you don’t want more—

you just want to stay.

In the silence.

In their feet.

In their words.

In their mistakes.

In their losses.

In their laughter.”

He nodded.

They no longer needed proof.

Each day was not a beginning—

but a continuation.

Chapter 8. The Silence of the Yurt

Love isn’t just kisses under the moon.

It’s when someone holds your hand

while the world crumbles beneath your feet.

They didn’t live together.

Each had their own room on campus, their own mornings, their own coffee cups.

But the evenings – were shared.

Kisses at the door. Notes slipped into backpacks.

Jeanne brought him food. Left little bottles of shampoo.

Smiled when he was tired, and rubbed the back of his neck.

She never called herself his fiancée.

But everything about her felt like a wife.

No status. No ring. But all the soul.

Then one day, a call came.

The voice was dry:

“Colonel Alimov. Killed in the line of duty.

Your uncle.”

Kuwait stared at one spot for a long time.

Then started packing.

Jeanne didn’t ask questions.

Only said:

“Am I coming with you?”

He nodded.

Bishkek met them with neon lights and silence.

In the courtyard, a yurt had been set up.

A yurt heavy with the scent of tears, ayran, incense, and loss.

Women cried.

His uncle’s wife didn’t scream.

She moaned softly – like wind in the steppe, brushing over aching grass.

Kuwait stood, holding a photo.

His uncle’s smile. His insignia.

He remembered learning to shoot with him,

how he taught him to read the Quran,

how to drink tea the eastern way.

But now – it was over.

The body was returned.

The case – closed.

“Weapons smuggling. A train.

Officers dead.

The Ministry is silent. It’s all classified.”

“Your uncle? Too close to it.

So they decided to… bury it. Quietly.”

“And justice?” Kuwait asked.

“Maybe shut up your righteous little mouth

before you end up with charges?

Out of respect for the dead, they didn't accuse him. Be grateful.”

He cried for the first time in years.

Into his fist.

On the rooftop.

At night.

Jeanne came and wrapped her arms around him from behind.

Sat beside him.

Said nothing.

Then softly:

“We’ll stay. A month.

You need to live this.

All the way through.

So later – you can live.”

And they stayed.

Jeanne helped the women, washed dishes, carried water,

started learning Kyrgyz.

The elders looked at her with respect.

The younger ones – with admiration.

“Kuwait, she’s like one of ours – even if the hair color’s different,” someone joked.

He just smiled.

A month later, at dawn, they sat on a hill.

He said:

“I don’t want to live without you.”

She replied:

“Then live with me. Always.”

There was no proposal.

They just got married.

Quietly. On his native land.

No dress. No hall.

Just a yurt, some bread, two rings.

And eyes that held eternity.

Then – back to Chicago.

But not together.

As one.

One name.

One story.

Chapter 9. Where “Always” Begins

Sometimes happiness isn’t in the ring.

It’s in how he holds your hand

while the mullah recites the prayer,

and you see a whole life in his eyes.

The morning was cold.

The air smelled of flatbread, jasmine, and mountains.

The mullah read the nikah – the marriage prayer.

He spoke words that made the heart tremble,

as if they weren’t sounds, but promises to one’s soul:

protect. forgive. stay.

Kuwait held Jeanne’s hand.

Her nails were pale.

Her lips – barely painted.

But her eyes… they shone. Like never before.

The next day – a small wedding.

A yurt. Woven rugs. Hot plov. Laughter. Dancing.

His uncle’s wife smiled for the first time in weeks.

An old neighbor said:

“Jeanne’s one of us now. A true kelin.”

Jeanne nearly cried.

But not from sadness.

From being truly accepted.

A week later – their honeymoon.

Not the Maldives.

But an old house by Issyk-Kul.

An aging garden. Coffee with jam.

Kuwait read her poetry in Russian.

She answered with English lines.

They kissed in the rain.

Warmed themselves by the fire.

Their love wasn’t flashy – but it had rhythm. Deep and steady.

Ten days later – back to Chicago.

New documents.

Kuwait received U.S. citizenship.

“You’re officially American now,” Jeanne teased.

“I’ve always been human,” he smiled.

They bought a home with a mortgage.

Small, with a balcony.

It smelled of fresh paint and hope.

Both joined the District Attorney’s office.

Jeanne – already working civil cases.

Kuwait – just an intern, but right in the heart of things.

He studied case files, joined investigations, and started publishing in a legal blog.

He said:

“I couldn’t save my uncle.

But now – I’ll speak.

Softly. Clearly. Legally.

But all the way.”

In the evenings, they drank tea.

Sat under the glow of string lights.

Sometimes – they argued.

Sometimes – laughed.

And every evening ended the same way:

With a kiss,

A whisper,

Gratitude,

In their shared home.

Love doesn’t save you from everything.

But with it, you’re no longer afraid to begin again.

Chapter 10. Morning by the Shore

Happiness isn’t loud.

It’s when you stand by the window

and hear someone singing

while flipping pancakes —

and you know:

this is your person.

Morning.

Their home in Chicago was bathed in soft light.

Outside – a breath of crisp air.

Inside – the scent of butter, honey, vanilla, and something that smelled like home.

In the kitchen – Jeanne.

Barefoot, in a long shirt barely covering her hips.

Her hair loosely braided, flour on her cheek,

a soft, lazy tune on her lips.

She hummed as she stirred the batter:

“Oh darling… I want to hold you… forever…”

He stood at the doorway.

Watching.

Holding his breath.

Her body moved like music —

alive, lithe, free.

Each motion – a quiet dance.

He walked up behind her,

placed his hands on her waist.

She didn’t flinch – just smiled.

“You snuck up on me like a lion.”

“You smell like sunshine and dough.”

“I’m a woman. That is my natural scent in the morning,”

she laughed, leaning over the skillet.

He caressed her thigh.

Brushed her shoulder with his lips.

She tilted her head back gently.

Not lust.

Not haste.

Happiness.

“You’re my wife,” he whispered.

“I know.”

“Sometimes I still don’t believe it.”

“Then touch me. Make sure I’m real.”

His hand found her stomach,

then moved lower.

He kissed the nape of her neck.

And everything inside him quieted into warmth.

Later, they walked to the lake.

Michigan was like a mirror.

They sat on a wooden pier,

legs swinging in the air.

Jeanne took out a sketchbook.

Drew clumsily, like a child.

He scribbled short poems beside her sketches.

They dreamed aloud:

of a house on a hill,

a dog,

children,

evenings full of songs.

“If you could choose one thing forever,” she asked,

“what would it be?”

“You. In the kitchen.

In a shirt.

With flour on your cheek.”

“And you?” he asked back.

“You. Silent.

When you look at me like it’s the first time.”

Their lips found each other.

Slowly.

Not like in the movies.

But like in life —

with breath, with eyes,

with a body that says:

“I’m here. I’m yours. You’re mine.”

Love isn’t grand gestures.

It’s warm hands on a waist.

It’s the tea he pours for her,

so her voice doesn’t grow cold.

The Prosecutor’s Autumn

Kuwait. Chicago. October.

Leaves whispered underfoot

as he walked through the park

in his prosecutor’s coat,

carrying not just documents —

but human stories.

He was no longer a boy.

Not a man searching for himself.

He was someone who knew:

truth isn’t always light.

Sometimes it’s a knife.

Sometimes – a prayer.

Sometimes – silence.

Autumn in Chicago was fragile,

like sorrow made of glass.

Jeanne was away on a work trip.

The house smelled only of coffee

and her forgotten scarf.

He was alone.

One plate on the table.

And a silence in his chest

so deep, it could be heard.

He opened the window.

Leaves drifted down.

The city murmured.

Inside – strange peace.

He wrote in his notebook:

“If I could choose…

I wouldn’t be a hero.

I’d just be a man

holding someone’s hand

in October.

Judging no one —

except himself.”

Fates passed through him

like wind through the park.

Some broke.

Some returned.

He didn’t save everyone.

But sometimes – at least one.

And he walked on.

Carefully. Steadily.

Leaves beneath his feet.

A woman in his heart.

A past he’d let go.

And a truth worth keeping silent for.

Kuwait was a prosecutor.

But more than that —

he was a man.

With eyes the color of earth,

and a heart that knew:

Autumn isn’t about endings.

It’s about breathing —

as long as there’s someone

left to love.

The Prosecutor’s Inner Journal

Kuwait Alim

Chapter 1: Case No. 187. Autumn. A Girl Without a Name.

Date Opened: October 4

Case Type: Homicide. Abduction. Rape. Presumed concealment of a body.

The police transferred the case to the prosecutor’s office due to its complexity and public outcry.

Victim's Name: … (officially unidentified)

Suspects: Two known. Neither detained.

Entry 1.

Today I looked at the photographs.

A girl. Young.

Last video: lobby camera. 11:14 PM.

Then – a black hole.

No body. No weapon.

Just a phone trail, blood in the trunk, and silence.

I held her bag in my hands – found in a vacant lot.

Lipstick. A comb.

A note: “Call me if you get scared.”

I thought:

Who did she call when she was truly afraid?

Her phone shut off at 11:27 PM.

Forever.

Entry 2.

Police questioned two individuals.

One – a rideshare driver she met online.

The other – an ex-lover. Four calls, 17 seconds each.

Both are clean – formally.

But their voices…

The first – trembling.

The second – ice-cold.

Forensics confirmed: blood in the trunk was hers.

A critical amount.

But without a body – this is not legally murder. Not yet.

Entry 3.

I signed the orders:

Expand the search perimeter.

Check every quarry, cesspool, landfill, dacha.

Request cell tower geolocation data.

Reschedule interrogations for morning. No more soft tone.

Sometimes I hate myself —

that my life is not poetry,

but fragments of tragedy, bound by procedural deadlines.

Entry 4.

I met the girl's mother.

She came in, unsure of what to do.

Her scarf was thin, scented with smoke and grief.

She sat on the edge of the chair and said:

“If she’s dead, just tell me. Don’t lie.

I know how to bury.

Just not into emptiness.”

I said:

“We’re searching. Until the end.”

Entry 5.

Late at night, I walked home.

Leaves rustled underfoot.

And only one thought stayed with me:

Where are you, girl?

Where did they hide you so no one could find you?

And how is he – the one who did this – so silent?

I’m a prosecutor.

I’m not supposed to feel.

But I prayed:

that by morning, we’d at least be one step closer to the truth.

The Prosecutor’s Inner Journal

Kuwait Alim

Chapter 2: Interrogation. “I just gave her a ride.”

Date: October 5

Time: 10:05 AM

Location: Prosecutor’s Office, Interrogation Room

Subject: Azamat N., 29 years old. Driver. Met the girl via app.

Status: Not detained. Invited for questioning.

Entry 6.

He showed up in a black hoodie that read: “Nothing to regret.”

Sat down calmly.

Eyes – cloudy.

Hands – dry, fingers twitching slightly.

I let the silence do the work.

“You know why we asked you in?”

“Yeah… I guess. That girl?”

“Which one?”

“You know… the one I drove.”

He already knew.

He was pretending not to.

Entry 7.

“You were with her on October 3. Confirm that?”

“Yeah. Picked her up near the mall.”

“Where were you headed?”

“She said she just wanted to drive. Talk.”

He paused. Waiting for me to nod.

I didn’t.

“Cameras show you drove out of the city. Explain.”

“She asked to. Herself.”

“Footage shows your car stopped for 28 minutes on the highway.”

“I… don’t remember. Maybe a bathroom break.”

“Twenty-eight minutes is long for a ‘bathroom break.’”

“I didn’t time it.”

Entry 8.

Here came the first shift.

I opened the file.

Inside: trunk photos. Blood traces. Lab reports. DNA match.

I didn’t give him time to breathe.

“Do you understand that this girl’s blood was found in your trunk?”

“I… I don’t know how…”

“Do you think she climbed in there and bled out by herself?”

He said nothing.

Eyes darted.

Breathing quickened.

“I only gave her a ride, I swear. She got out.”

“Where?”

“I… I don’t remember. Somewhere on the highway.”

“Name the girl.”

“Well…”

“You don’t even know who you ‘just gave a ride to’?”

He didn’t break immediately.

He lied by reflex.

But truth was already rotting under his tongue.

Entry 9.

I stood up.

Got closer.

Laid the photo in front of him – the one from the elevator. 11:14 PM.

Her eyes. Her smile.

Not knowing she was walking into nothing.

I said quietly:

“That was her last smile.

You were the next person she saw.

Now tell me what happened after.”

He looked at the picture.

Then dropped his head.

And whispered:

“I didn’t mean to. It just… happened.”

Entry 10.

The confession was incomplete.

He spoke of a “fight,” of “panic,” of “being scared.”

He didn’t name the place.

Didn’t say whether she was alive or dead.

But I knew – lying was pointless now.

We had forensics.

Soon we’d have cell geolocation.

Then – a warrant to search private properties.

I stepped out.

Sat down.

Drank some water.

Jeanne had texted:

“You’re silent. That means it’s heavy.

Don’t let this case devour you.

Come home not as a prosecutor – but as my person.”

I closed my eyes.

Sometimes, truth is a blade.

But someone has to hold it right.

The Prosecutor’s Inner Journal

Kuwait Alim

Chapter 3: When the Earth Speaks

Date: October 7

Status: Warrant issued.

Location: Plot outside the city, near the railway line.

Basis: Partial confession + soil analysis from car trunk + geolocation.

Team: Prosecutor’s office, forensics, medical examiner, police.

Entry 11.

The morning was gray.

Low clouds. Damp air.

We drove out at 6:40 AM in a black SUV.

On site: an old shed, a rusty trailer, a ditch overgrown with weeds.

The silence was so deep,

you could hear the shovels breaking into the earth.

Cold clay.

Prosecutor’s shoes sinking.

Kuwait stood a little off to the side – not interfering.

But every minute – a blow to the chest.

“We’ll find something. Or we won’t.”

“If not – silence again. If yes – hell begins.”

Entry 12.

08:14 AM

One of the officers walks away. Lights a cigarette. Can’t take it anymore.

08:17 AM

A forensic tech raises his hand.

“Got something.”

They found a piece of fabric.

A hand. Plastic. A bag.

The smell – so strong even the wind stops.

Kuwait doesn’t turn immediately.

He closes his eyes.

Counts to six.

Only then steps forward.

“Not here. Don’t open it here.”

“DNA confirmation?”

“Urgent.”

Entry 13.

Official report: “Partial remains of a female body, wrapped in polyethylene and cloth.”

A delicate ring on her hand, with a tiny stone.

Broken nail polish.

Kuwait notes every detail.

Because she needs nothing now.

But he still needs truth.

He speaks evenly,

but behind his eyes, something whispers:

“You found her.

But now – you have to live with that.”

Entry 14.

Later, he’ll write the report.

Sign the protocol.

Issue instructions.

Arrange for her body to be released to the family.

But in between – he stands on the roadside.

Gloves still on.

The air smells of death and wet grass.

A young investigator approaches:

“You were silent the whole time, Kuwait-bey.”

“I wasn’t silent,” he replies.

“I was listening to the earth.”

Entry 15.

That evening, he returns home.

Takes off his coat.

Washes his hands – twice.

Jeanne wraps her arms around him from behind.

He flinches.

She whispers:

“You’re still alive.

Don’t let the dead empty you.”

He replies:

“I just want at least one mother

to bury a body – not a shadow.

With a name.

With earth.

With goodbye.”

Finding a body is not a victory.

It’s a full stop in the silence.

And Prosecutor Kuwait knows:

Tomorrow, there will be another case.

Another silence.

And once again – the earth.

Chapter 4: A Day to Simply Be a Man

Case No. 187 has been passed on to the senior prosecutor.

Trial – in a week.

And for now – a day without reports, without streets wrapped in yellow Do Not Cross tape.

Just running, water, the smell of grilled meat… and a woman he loves.

Morning.

Kuwait runs in circles next to Jeanne.