- Here, look. The man took a step forward as well, and before the girl had time to think, the back door swung open.

The stranger grabbed Irina and tried to push her into the salon, covering her mouth with his hand. But it was too much. Fear literally paralyzed me, preventing me from screaming or even moving. His eyes darkened. The grocery bag fell out of his hands, plums rolled on the ground. And what happened next, the girl thought weakly ...

She only had time to see how Valera and two more rather large and tall men jumped out of the “nine” of “wet asphalt” color that flew...