I hardly open my eyes. Yesterday I forgot to close the curtains, and now the sun's rays are walking around the room, and my head is splitting - nerves are making themselves felt. It was almost ten o'clock, I hadn't slept for such a long time, but there was no desire to get up, my whole body ached, as if I had spent several hours in the gym. Images from last night flashed through my head. How I wish it was just a dream, nothing more!

After about twenty minutes I force myself to get up, on cottony legs I crawl to the bathroom - a cool shower should help cheer me up. I wonder how that guy is? Did I survive, did I harm him with my actions? While I was enjoying the shower, the front door slammed. I understood that most likely Masha or her parents had returned, but I still tensed up.

“Hey, come on quickly, I need it too,” Masha stubbornly began to knock on the door.

- Five minutes, and I'm leaving - how good it was alone! I dream of the moment when I can move into a separate apartment. At one time, I even wanted to take out a mortgage, but all the banks in the city refused, because I am still a student, which means I am insolvent.

Masha sat in the kitchen with a towel in her hands.

- Finally. Where are the parents?

- Mom is with Luda, dad does not answer. Mash, aunt offers to get a job as a waitress, will you go?

- Are you kidding? Waitress? I found myself a wonderful boyfriend, he is ready to provide me completely, so I'll leave it to you. Loser! My sister laughed, she was clearly tipsy.

There was no desire to continue the dialogue, so I considered it reasonable to just leave the room. Moreover, my aunt is waiting for me today - the sooner I start work, the more money I can earn.

Damn clothes! I completely forgot about clothes! I hope my sister didn't see anything. Yesterday, in my nerves, I threw a T-shirt on a chair and didn't even look at it. Blood, traces of his blood, now just throw it away. I quickly toss my T-shirt into a trash bag, put on the first things I see, and run out of the apartment. The package flies into the trash can, now it’s definitely everything, nothing should remind you of yesterday evening, only its image can’t get out of your head.

- Lyuda, hello, - I find my aunt in the hall.

- Good to see you! Where is Masha? Refused?

She's still thinking. Shall we start?

In principle, the work here did not differ from the previous restaurant, it only remained to learn the menu, and I was ready. The salary was small, as the main emphasis was on tips. The team seems to be friendly, but I don’t need more, the main thing is that they are ready to adapt to my study schedule.

Aunt allowed me to stay until the last today, even promised to pay for half a shift, so I returned home closer to eleven. I don’t know what I was thinking, but passing by the gateway, I hoped to see him again, although this is such nonsense! At work, I could distract from the memories, but now his emerald eyes were again in front of my eyes.

At the entrance was a black tinted jeep, and it was alarming. I immediately remembered that huge man with a gun, brr, even goosebumps appeared. At the entrance, I heard some fuss, and, as it seemed to me, the sound was coming from our floor, so I didn’t dare to take the elevator - I began to quietly climb the stairs, trying not to make sounds so as not to attract attention to myself.

On the landing stood two kingpins in black, one of them was clearly watching our door. There were situations like this before, several times my father's creditors burst into our house and threatened him, several times we also got hurt. I remember how one of these people took my mother by the hair and put a knife to her throat, promising to kill her if there was no money in a week. It worked out, we were able to borrow from friends and give it back on time. Is daddy in trouble again?! I need to call him urgently. I turned to go downstairs quietly as well, only to collide with another closet.

- Golovina Olesya Andreevna? - the man smiled, his voice attracted the attention of the kingpins on the site, and they began to descend towards us.

It was pointless to run, there are more of them, and the preparation is many times better than mine. Besides, he has a gun, again a gun, but this time he peacefully waits for his time behind his trouser belt.

- Don't be afraid of us. We are with the world, Raven wants to see you, so please come with us.

Raven, that's what they called my yesterday's friend on the phone. So he is alive, but what does he need, will they really threaten me again?

“Please don’t, I don’t know anything, I don’t know any Raven, you are clearly confusing me with someone.

“I'm sorry, but if you don't go yourself, these nice guys will have to carry you. Choose. As I said, we came in peace. Besides, we don't want to disturb the neighbors, and your parents, don't we? It won't take more than an hour.

It looks like I have no choice, although I could raise a shout. Perhaps one of the neighbors will call the police, but whether they will help me or find my already cooling corpse is an interesting question.

- Okay, let's go to your Raven.

The man helped me get into the back seat of the jeep, and I was squeezed - there were ambals on both sides. The chief, as it seemed to me, he was just such, sat in front.

- Olesya Andreevna, you will have to put on a bandage, precautions.

“Like I have a choice.” I grinned, and one of the men helped me put on the bandage, and I was in complete darkness.

I don’t know how much we drove and in what direction, I lost my way after the third turn. Darkness crushed, did not allow to think logically and concentrate on something. The car stopped unexpectedly.

- We've arrived! The bandage will be removed on the spot, please be patient.

The chief helped me get out of the car and, taking it lightly by the waist, led me to the elevator. At first, I was tensed by his touch, but as soon as I realized that he was keeping a clear distance and did not allow himself more, I calmed down. It looks like we were climbing quite high, the elevator was moving for about a minute.

“We are there,” the man untied the bandage, and I found myself in a spacious living room. - Make yourself comfortable, the owner will be here soon. Would you like tea or coffee?

“No thanks.” I looked around the room curiously.

- Well, then wait, - with these words, he disappeared behind the door.

The room was made in cold shades. The gray and blue-grey were oppressive and, for my taste, uncomfortable, a rather strange choice. From the windows came off a gorgeous view of the city, it looks like we are in one of the skyscrapers. I wonder how much this apartment costs?

White leather sofas facing each other, a huge bar, a fireplace and a lot of books made the room sophisticated, immediately showing the status of its owner. But what caught my attention most of all was the skeleton in the corner of the room, which clearly belonged to some animal that looked like a wolf or a dog.

“This is a Beringian wolf,” his voice sent goosebumps, and I did not dare to turn around. — He died out a long time ago, is considered the ancestor of the current wolves.

His footsteps got closer and I turned 180 degrees as if stung. Oh, those eyes, they can hypnotize! There was silence in the room. Today he looked much better: a white shirt with two top buttons unbuttoned, classic black trousers and shoes. The hand was fixed with a special supporting bandage.

“We didn’t really get to know each other yesterday, I’m Alexander,” the guy looked friendly.

“I don’t think it makes sense for me to introduce myself, if your people know my data, then so do you.”

- Right. Shall we sit down? - the guy sat down on the sofa and looked at me to the opposite.

— No, thanks, I was promised that we would meet within an hour. Alexander, I promise you that I won’t say anything to anyone, and there’s nothing to say, I don’t know you, I see you for the first time, please leave me alone.

"Sit down," he said in a voice that brooked no objection. In order not to anger him, I sat down, and he looked at me insolently. - That's better. Olesya, my people already explained everything yesterday, it makes no sense for me to repeat this again, I called you for another. Everything has a price, and I want you to name the price of my salvation, I do not like to be in someone's debt. Just name the amount.

His words put me in a stupor. The price of life, are you crazy at all?!

"I'm sorry, but you're talking nonsense now!" Human life is priceless, I am of this opinion, and it’s stupid to name a price for it, I did what I had to, and I hope it will be credited to me, and if I need help, there will be a kind person.

Alexander laughed. This man frightened me, but at the same moment I could not tear myself away from his face - perfect features. Who is he?

“Sorry, but this is very funny, I didn’t think to meet such a naive person,” the guy looked at the watch on his hand. Rolex, most likely in white gold or platinum. I don't have much time, so just name the price.

- Good. Five thousand is enough, since I had to throw away the blanket, pillow, favorite t-shirt and shirt.

— Okay, dollars or euros?

I almost choked on the air from this, what euros, what dollars?! Really went crazy, it seems that not only the hand suffered.

- Rubles. Alexander, if you have nowhere to put your money, then give it to charity, do a better deed.

I donate much more to charity. I'm wondering if you really are, or just a calculation to interest me? - Alexander got up and went to the bar. - Do you want something?

Yes, I want you to leave me alone. Think what you want, just leave me. You asked for a price, I did, please take me home.

“Okay,” he took out his phone from his pocket and dialed someone. - Come in.

At the same moment, the leader, already familiar to me, appeared.

— Brown, take my guest home.

The man nodded.

Brown, Raven - some kind of zoo!

— Have a nice evening, Olesya! The boy raised his glass as if about to make a toast.

- Mutually.

As soon as we left the living room, Brown put the bandage on me again. Also holding helped to go down and seated in the car, however, now it was somehow freer, with us there was only one kingpin.

- You can shoot, we have arrived, - the car was in the same place, in front of the entrance.

I bleated something and flew out of the car, and after a couple of minutes I was already in the apartment.

- You're late. Is the elevator not working? Mom looked at me like I was crazy. I could not answer her, I tried to catch my breath. - Dinner is on the table, you have clean dishes, - with these words, she disappeared into her parents' room.

After eating and completing my errand, I climbed into a hot bath. When I left, I found several messages on my phone. The first was from the bank, and said that one hundred thousand rubles had been credited to my account. This figure made my eyes pop out of their sockets!

- Psychopath! — I couldn't resist.

- Can you be quieter? What are you yelling at? Now repaint the nail, damn it, - the sister clicked.

The second message was from an unknown number:

“You should change your card, the limit of one hundred thousand is not serious.

AT."

And you should get away from me!

I did not need his money, so I transferred ninety-five thousand rubles to him back to the number from which the message was sent. The money was gone, but the name and patronymic of the recipient were not highlighted.