The situation was saved by running Bublikov. Recovering his breath, he explained his lateness - he forgot his passport at home, and had to return halfway.

“Valentin, it’s time for you to get married, otherwise you will soon forget your head at home and won’t find it,” Antonina Granina, the head of the financial department, and part-time partner of Edik Kholodov in some monetary frauds, teased him. However, she was Ed's partner not only in "business".

- Yeah, now, run away! - Valik was offended by the joke.

- Where are our new employees? asked Kholodov, looking at his watch. - We might be late. Notice, Oleg Stepanych, the old...