Three days before the conversation between Maxim and Oleg

Oleg stayed in Europe for a few more days, which he told me about immediately after the January holidays. I didn't even know if I should be happy about it or not. I did not miss him, but house arrest of my own free will and the thought of Maxim drove me crazy. I needed a quick break. And only Ignatov could help me with this.

A little more than a week after his message, I toiled within the four walls, and then suddenly remembered that Oleg had left me the keys and a surprise in his apartment.

Despite the late...