Gusterov’s rise began in the socialist era as the manager of Tehnometal Vardar

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That night he walked to the square where Mira’s father sat, a stooped figure who watched pigeons as if they were the only witnesses he trusted. The square smelled of onions and diesel and the kind of night that remembers everything. Risto sat beside the man and handed him a cup of tea in a paper cup, because some repairs required warmth more than tools.