It seems that everything in Lavrik's apartment has remained unchanged. This made Olga happy. At least something remained intact. Plato watched with interest as the girl put things in order. Under dog sighs, she threw out the accumulated bottles, cleared the refrigerator and freezer of stale and spoiled food. On the kitchen shelf was canned beef in a rusty can. After checking the date, Olya made simple calculations and nodded in agreement. The hungry dog, sticking out his tongue, shyly shifted from foot to foot and smiled, as if reading her thoughts.

“I understand that it’s bad, but we don’t have to choose, do we?” - the contents of the...