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It’s Federal Security Operations facility! How can we protect the president

when it’s such a mess at our own facility?

This happened before my duty!

We’re doing rounds with my mate, we’re on duty as we’re supposed to be.

I know your rounds! You were drinking here!

Wow!

Academia

Galina Sumina

Maxim Bityukov

Elizaveta Lotova, Alexandr Konstantinov, Vladimir Yumatov

Alexandr Yatsko, Igor Yurtaev, Erik Yaralov

Academia

Anastasia Vladimirovna, meet Vasiliy Evgenyevich Marchuk.

- Quite an important position at City Hall. - Hello.

Vasiliy Evgenyevich is came straight from the lineup. His son has died.

My condolences.

He died at the Federal Security Operations facility under constructing.

Incidents occur at that facility all the time.

They build it, then they freeze the construction. And then again and again…

They decided to build it again, and that happened.

FSO people are nervous. They think there are provocations and even diversions.

We need to deal with that. And it’s urgent as always.

Yong. How old was he?

Seventeen. It seems.

Check it please.

Listen, let’s finish with that. I’m very busy.

I have a conference today, meeting foreign investors.

Are you too busy to help the investigation of your son’s death?

Yuriy Kuzmich, I’m begging you,

save me from lecturing your coworkers.

Do you have any specific questions concerning the case for me?

Fine. What could your son possibly be doing at the construction site?

I have no idea.

He was a worthless fellow.

I gave him everything I could, devices - shmevices.

And he was uncontrollable, arrogant.

He died as he lived.

Lobanov said that I won’t like it, when he called me.

He was right more than ever.

Instead of interrogation of the closest relative,

I only heard one thing: «I don’t have the time. I need to run.

I know nothing about my son. He’s a troubled teenager».

- Ok, that’s his dad. What about mom? - He didn’t have a mother.

Well, he had a mother. But she died soon after giving him birth.

What can I say. The conclusion is obvious.

Fractured hyoid bone and cervical vertebrae

as a result of hanging.

A suicide? At the abandoned construction site?

No. It’s probably an accident.

He was a rope-jumper. It’s kind of an extreme sport.

They make dangerous jumps from heights using ropes.

Yes. But I heard they jump with teammates.

Yes. With a team.

Somebody supposedly helped him. To prepare his equipment.

And maybe that somebody put a noose around his neck.

Kirill!

- Kirill, do you hear me? - Uh? Yes-yes-yes.

Nastya, I’m finishing up an experiment. I’m going to open up the samples in 2 days.

It will all be decided then.

I’m really happy for you. I wish you good luck.

We have time till the day after tomorrow. Can I expect any autopsy results?

Yes sure.

Thank you.

We need to find out what was that group of rope-jumpers

that were hanging out at the construction site.

Oxa, search for some info on the internet.

They love to brag about their adventures for sure.

They love to brag. But they keep it a secret.

And their jumping is illegal. Listen. We have Shurik.

- What Shurik? I’m writing a coursework. - Shurik, come here please.

Can you find out from your extreme loving friends

who made those jumps at the FSO construction site?

Do you want me to spy on my friends?

I have it done.

Have you found out anything new?

The cause of death is confirmed.

There’s also a head injury. He probably hit his head on something.

And pardon my French, but you have to be a madman,

to make a rope-jump at such a place.

There’s rebar everywhere!

Why are you telling it to me, doctor Lemke?

I’m into free-running, not into rope-jumping.

And those bruises on his hands.

Could be received in a fight. A week before his death. That’s it.

Oxa, can you create a simulation of his body fall?

That may help us understand whether he fell on his own or was he forced to.

Fine, I’ll try.

I’ll ask Arkadiy to talk to Ilya’s head teacher.

Thanks all!

Ilya was a wonderful student.

Don’t look at his grades, they were all C-s.

He could solve the hardest problem in ten minutes.

And he didn’t solve the easy ones at all. He used to hand over his notebook and leave.

Maybe he wasn’t interested in maths?

It's not only maths. Every subject was like that.

He could do everything, but he didn’t want to.

- Did he have any friends? - He was mostly a loner.

Didn’t communicate with people.

Did you know that he was into extreme sports?

I didn’t. I knew that he was a clever and a healthy kid.

But when the gym class teacher told him «let’s go to a tournament», he refused.

- He told that he just won’t go. - Thanks. I don’t have any more questions.

I don’t know how can you fall like that.

That way his leg would’ve stuck between beams and he’d break it.

That way he would’ve run into a rebar with his stomach.

What if he was pushed?

I’ve went through all the possible options.

Oxa, you can’t simulate everything.

Try to simulate how I go through a parkour route.

Human body is a very complicated thing!

Yes. It’s a pity that some people’s brains are less complicated than their bodies.

You’re mistaken, Oxa. Ilya had a very developed brain.

Even doc is dumbfounded.

What do you have on his head injury

based on your simulation?

Nothing. I can’t simulate the injury.

Kirill is confused about that too.

He thinks that the injury could be caused by a hit a couple of days before death.

- With what object? - A blunt object, as they say.

I’ve discovered some residue in his wound that looks like stone.

I can specify later after examining the sample.

What can you say about those rope-jumpers?

I found those guys. What should I tell you about them?

Businessmen, they jump at that construction site. Don’t know them personally.

They sell people the feel of thrill.

They sell dangerous stuff.

Sorry for the wait. Take a sit.

Thank you. Listen, I’m here by my own will.

Everything is legal here.

I’m a private entrepreneur.

Bungee-jumping only in approved places.

We have all the needed documents.

- Bungee – is it when they use rubber ropes? - Yes yes.

- Do you organize rope-jumping? - No. Never.

It’s for people that are prepared. You have to know how to do that.

I see.

I’m looking trough some internet ads… Delta.

- Delta – is it you? - Well yeah.

In honor of developed deltoid muscle?

No. I used to go hang gliding. (called “delta-plane” in Russian)

Some Delta promises to

teach rookies rope-jumping by a fast method.

They start with practicing jumps right away.

Well, anyone can call himself Delta.

Why are you on those photos at the FSO construction site

that he uploaded?

Damn! It was a long time ago! I’m a legitimate businessman now.

If you’re legitimate, let’s cooperate with the law.

Okay.

- Do you know this young man? - No I don’t recognize him.

- And like that? - Oh wow, how did he end up there?

A familiar place?

A familiar place. But I try to keep away from such places.

It’s called the «Hell’s Hole».

You can easily die here. How didn’t he run into any of that rebar?

- Have you ever jumped there? - Do I look suicidal?

I know a sick guy that used to jump there as some say.

He’s a psycho. His nickname is «Flyer».

- How do I contact him? - I don’t know how. We’re not friends.

He has his team. They gather at one construction site.

Something like headquarters.

Shurik, have you found out anything about the substance from Ilya’s wound?

- Parts of burnt clay. - So was he hit with a brick?

Well sure, bricks are made of clay.

This one is strange. It doesn’t have any bentonite in it.

I’m trying to find out who manufactures those bricks.

Stop for a while. I have a new task for you.

I’m not running from work. Give me samples and a task.

No samples. I need some other talents of yours..

What talents do I have?

Athletic talents.

You can meet a team of extreme sports lovers and ask them…

Wait. Are you asking me to spy on people again, Anastasia Vladimirovna?

We need it to solve the case.

What if somebody of them killed that innocent guy?

You can crack them open.

I was at the battle. I was working out like today.

I was rolling them around and he was just standing there and looking.

- What’s up! - Why is it «what’s up»? Who are you?

I’m a friend of Ilya Marchuk.

Of who? That cowardly porcupine?

Flyer, enough!

- You’ll get beaten up again! - What does he want from us?

He wants nothing. He’s dead.

- Dead? - So he died and hell with him!

Watch your mouth.

Do you want revenge for you friend? Go, take a risk!

Do you want to find out who’s a coward?

- Let’s race to the first floor. - What?

Start is here. Finish is the main entrance.

You can jump from floor to floor. Or do any tricks you want.

Who’ll get there first is a winner.

Go!

Start!

When you’re there you just

make two long jumps and then do a pull-up and that’s it.

You did well.

- You’re really good! - You too.

I’m taking my words back.

Thanks a lot. And Ilya was a nice guy.

Ilya? He was like a stupid rich kid.

He looked at people like at cockroaches. An arrogant guy.

What are you talking about, Flyer?

He wasn’t arrogant. He was a normal guy, even though he was a loner.

- Yeah. And also a coward. - You’re lying. He wasn’t a coward.

Did he jump at Hell’s Hole? He got too scared.

None of us jumps there. Are we all cowards?

Everybody don’t say «I’ll jump everywhere where you did!»

Did you have a fight about it?

We had.

Guys calmed them down. But Flyer is still not over about that.

I’m not over about that?

There’s nothing to be worried about. About that box of compost.

They had a fight.

Flyer asked Ilya to recreate his achievement and jump into Hell’s Hole.

Ilya stood at the edge and then refused.

And then they had an argument and he beat up Flyer in hard manner.

- What was the fight about? - I don’t even know.

Well, there was Flyer’s girlfriend.

Her nickname is Spring. She stuck up for Ilya.

Maybe she liked him.

Spring?

What do we have… Ilya was a very gifted fellow,

with high intelligence and physically developed.

An introvert with schizoid accentuation.

- What is that? - A deviation well within the normal range.

Accentuation is not a disease, but it’s on the way to a disease.

Schizoid direction means insularity,

keeping away from the outside world.

Usually they search for a reason in early childhood.

We need to talk to his father.

He’s quite busy according to Nastya.

So we can only make a guess.

What can we guess?

I think since early childhood

Ilya probably had some negative experience

connected to emotional contacts with the outside world,

so he lived in his made-up world of illusions.

- What kind of contacts? - I don’t know.

Outside world probably wasn’t a thing of interest for him.

And he was in that imaginary world

so the real world would leave him alone.

He didn’t care if he got a C or an A grade.

Yeah. Because he liked rope-jumping.

Yeah! Why was he into rope-jumping? For what reason?

I don’t think he wanted to achieve some records. It’s not that.

People who are involved into extreme sports,

they love the adrenaline rush most of all

that they receive in a moment of some extreme action.

A rope-jump in our case.

I think that because of that emotional armor Ilya

could feel something only during a jump.

That’s just a theory. We need to talk to somebody.

Maybe to Flyer?

Yes. They’re going to jump from a tower crane tomorrow.

Okay. That’s a mischief, illegal jumping

is a great cause for an order for their arrest.

- Arrest? - Yes. Arrest.

When he sees an order he’ll tell us everything.

So have I given away Flyer to you?

No. It appears that you’ve just saved his life.

He could’ve got killed if he took that jump.

We’ll arrest him and he survives.

We’ll scare him a bit. Don’t worry.

Come on, come in. Take a sit.

We have five of them.

They had their ropes tied by that time.

First one made a jump when he saw our people.

- Barely caught him. Flyer. - Vadim Baranov.

Nickname Flyer.

Tell me, young man, where were you

on Wednesday the 8th of July around noon?

I was at home. Was sleeping after Tuesday.

- How can you prove that? - My parents.

- They don’t have a job just like you? - They work. They weren’t at home.

Then we can’t trust their testimony.

Is it true that you were enemies with Ilya Marchuk?

You want to blame it on me? You think I killed him?

I don’t believe he’s a killer.

He’s very hot-tempered. He’s emotional.

But it’s just for show, to seem cool among his peers.

And the person who murdered him

should be much more tough.

Doctor, I sure respect your professional opinion.

But we have a circumstantial evidence. Even though it’s a weak one.

This is a rope that Ilya hanged himself on. Is that right, Nastya?

Yes. The rope was cut off the coil that was found at Flyer’s place.

And he doesn’t have an alibi.

Despite that, I tend to believe doctor Rotkin’s opinion.

And besides that he talked to the detainee himself.

Nastya let me remind you that we have limited time.

So I give you two days.

If Flyer is not guilty as you say,

find me a real killer. That’s it.

Fine.

- Goodbye. - Have a nice day.

Oh! Anastasia! I wanted to apologize.

For what?

For that episode a couple of days ago. You went to the movies with doctor Lemke.

He told me.

- He told you? - Yes.

It’s just I really needed to talk to him that time.

And as it usually goes we were talking and forgot about time.

I understand. It’s okay. Don’t worry Viktoria.

We’ll go to the movies next time.

Kirill! Hello.

Hello Vika. How are you?

Everything’s fine. I’m here to apologize.

- What do you mean? - Because I started a panic.

Because I did put you in an embarrassing situation.

You know, that tumor is…

Vika, there’s no need for an apology. I understand everything. It’s tough for you.

No. You know, I behaved

in an unprofessional manner and I’m here to say I’m sorry.

It’s all in past now. Because I’ve found a good doctor.

We did all the blood tests. Everything has been checked. And I’m healthy.

- Really Vika? - Yes.

That’s great. I’m very happy for you.

It’s okay that you were worried, it’s totally fine.

It’s better to take precautions. You mustn’t neglect a disease.

But I want to ask you something.

Don’t tell anyone about this, okay? It’s a private story.

- Sure thing. It’s between us. - Thank you.

- I won’t disturb you. Work. - Fine.

- If anything… - Bye.

I’m sorry Nastya. I can’t do that.

I don’t understand how could he jump that way.

I can’t re-create the trajectory of Ilya’s body fall.

You told that you arrested some guy.

He’s saying that he made a jump at that place.

Maybe he can show the trajectory of the jump on my simulation?

Because I personally don’t believe how you can stay alive there.

- Can you bring him here? - Sure. I will.

Can I go?

Thanks.

- Shurik. - I’m listening.

- Where’s Kirill? - He was at his office I think.

Oh yes, sure.

He wants to check the result of his experiment today.

- Experiment? - Yes.

- What’s the result? - Where would I know it from?

Maybe we ask him together, Anastasia Vladimirivna?

Doctor Lemke! Kirill.

Are you sure he’s here, Shurik? Is he hiding in the darkness?

Kirill, why are you playing hide and seek?

What has happened Kirill?

It’s fine. My experiment failed.

No regeneration, only decay of tissue.

The accelerant is totally useless.

That’s it! I’m leaving science!

Kirill! You need to go home and have a rest.

Fine.

Is it going to be a reconstruction or something?

Right. Did you think we’ll throw you from a real roof?

- I’d jump. - No need to jump.

- Show me on a computer simulation. - What? What simulation?

- It’s the Hell’s Hole! - Yes. Show your jump.

- I tied myself with a rope and jumped. - Fine. Point where with your finger.

Somewhere here.

- Between the beams? - Yes.

Fine. Let’s see.

Wow! Just like in a computer game.

Yes. And you have one less life left.

Will you try once more?

- Yes, I’ll try. - Go.

- Probably here… - Maybe here…

We’ve already tried here. Artur, I think he’s lying.

What the hell?

Tell me, who else saw your jump into the Hell’s Hole?

Shmel saw it and Skvoznyak.

Are those your close friends?

What if we interrogate them and find out that they’re lying too?

You! What the hell?

We need to determine Ilya’s cause of death. So go and tell me everything.

I didn’t jump. Into that Hell’s Hole.

He was flirting with my girlfriend. So I played a trick on him.

I wanted revenge.

- So you had your revenge? - Who’s guilty?

He jumped by his own will. You can’t survive there. You’ve seen it just now.

Our coroner says that he made quite a lucky jump.

- But then somebody strangled him. - Enough of this nonsense!

He couldn’t have jumped. Even I didn’t jump. Even though I’m better.

Better? Your girlfriend.

I need to contact her.

Why drag her into this? Maybe you shouldn’t?

We won’t drag her in! We’ll interrogate her.

We have a criminal case here by the way. Give me her number.

Don’t tell her about the Hell’s Hole.

You’ll make me look like a liar.

Hello, Alla. Hello darling. How are you? Coming?

Alla, we need to have a serious talk. I made a decision.

I won’t be hanging in the lab days and nights anymore.

I promise to give all my free time to the family.

What do you mean we’ll talk later? What roaming Alla?

Oh, damn.

Sorry for the intrusion Kirill. Listen,

I saw you smiling today for the first time in a long time.

I was happy about that.

And now you’re sad again. What happened?

Everything’s fine. I’m very happy. Because…

Because I’ve finally decided. Enough of wasting time in vain.

There are things more important than scientific experiments.

- What are those? - Family.

I’ve realized that I chose science instead of family long time ago.

Now I want to fix everything.

Experiment has failed. So let science burn in hell.

There’s only one step from loving science to hating it. I know that.

Maybe there’s no need for such radical steps? Take it easy.

Re-check the results.

No, It’s enough.

Even if the experiment was successful,

there’s no way to practically implement it.

I’m only on my first steps of that problem.

So I’ll stop wasting my time on finding a regeneration accelerator,

philosopher’s stone and Holy Grail.

There are problems that need to be solved here and now.

Solve them.

- What’s your name? - Spring.

- What’s your real name? - Spring.

Fine, Spring.

Please tell me about you meeting Ilya Marchuk for the last time.

We met. And we went our ways.

We’re trying to determine who’s responsible for Ilya’s death.

What do you mean responsible? Didn’t he jump himself?

- Maybe not. - Who could that be?

We don’t know. We’re searching. Can you help us?

Tell me more about Ilya please.

Well.

Ilya was a normal kid. Just a loner.

He was all positive that last day.

- Positive? - Yes. I’m just saying.

- Nobody even noticed that. - Why was he so happy?

He said that he’s moving to a new place.

In Lefortovo. I think, Soldatskaya street, house 4.

Artur? Hello. Tell me, please,

can you check something for me?

- Excuse me, do you work here? - Well?

- Can I talk to you for a second? - What do you want?

Do you know that man?

- No. - I see.

I’m from the investigation committee.

Open the door. I need to ask the residents.

Yes. Thanks Artur. No results.

Well, go back then.

I have a result. We need to let Flyer go.

Shurik, it’s not a result. It’s a conclusion. I will make conclusions myself.

Go on, report.

Pieces of clay that were found on Ilya’s head.

- It’s fire clay. Fire resistant. - Do they make bricks out of it?

They make. But those are fire resistant bricks. For fireplaces and firewood stoves.

Our construction site is a multi-storey brick building.

There are no fireplaces there!

- I see. Thank you, Shurik. - Will you let Flyer go now?

It’s not for me to decide. It will be the judge.

Let him do some time first, 15 days for mischief.

And then we’ll see.

Thanks.

You can go now.

We’ll call you if needed. Just in case.

Oh, you’re still here. Greetings.

- Hello. - Thank you.

Still searching?

Sorry but I have one more question for you.

Are there any fireplaces

or fire-stoves left in this building?

It’s an old house.

Yes. You’re lucky. I know this house very well.

It was built in 1912 by a merchant named Polushkin.

It’s a revenue house for rich people.

No fireplaces or stoves. Only central heating.

There’s janitor’s room there.

There was a fireplace. Let’s go and have a look.

Here. A long time ago we used to steal coal from here.

- Can we enter? - Yes of course, please.

Careful, stairs.

I’ve noticed.

Strange. Where’s Petr?

Usually he locks it, when he’s gone.

This stove.

It was broken when they installed central heating.

Right…

This is the janitor. In his youth.

«To Mashka with love. Novosibirsk. Metallurgov, 8.»

- What’s his name again? - Melentyev Petr.

All-points bulleting for Melentyev has been sent.

Any luck on your side?

Is there anything to charge the suspect with when we catch him?

Sure.

The composition of the brick and pieces on Ilya’s head match.

This is the fire-brick that hit the kid’s head.

I’ve run a DNA test.

This piece of fabric was used as a gag.

There’s lots of saliva. It was inside his mouth for a long time.

Some traces are about a week old.

Test results prove that the murdered person was in the basement no less than a week.

- A week you said? - Yes. No less.

- Are you sure? - Absolutely.

- Yes, Nastya. - Yuriy Kuzmich, hello.

Yuriy Kuzmich, our biologist made an important conclusion.

Diseased Ilya Marchuk was at the Lefortovo’s house basement for a week or more.

I’m glad for your accomplishments, Nastya.

- Anything else? - Yes.

His father didn’t mention in his testimony

that his son had disappeared from home a week before his death.

I want to talk to the boy’s father. He’s lying to us.

He’s not lying. But he’s keeping something in secret.

Fine. I’ll have an argument with the right person and we’ll meet.

But the meeting won’t be official.

And it’s going to be at my place in my presence.

Yes. Do you believe your biologist?

Absolutely.

Vasiliy Evgenyevich, when did your son disappear?

Right before his death.

A day before? Two or three days before? When?

That’s about it. A day or two before. Maybe three.

So you’re not sure? Didn’t you communicate to your son?

You need to understand. He has his own private life, I have my own.

I come home late. I’m tired. And you are here with your questions.

Tell me what do you need? Cut to the chase.

We think that your son went missing a week before his death.

He was kidnapped and kept in a basement. Do you know anything about that?

I’ve told you. I don’t know anything.

So the kidnapper didn’t ask you for ransom?

Your son went missing and you didn’t even notice that?

That’s strange.

Vasiliy Evgenyevich, you should agree

that it’s really quite strange.

I…

I demand that everything I say will be kept away from press.

Sure thing. It’s a confidential investigation.

Fine. Some drunkard called me about the ransom.

I thought it was some bullshit and didn’t pay any attention to it.

Why didn’t you tell us about that right away?

Because I don’t want a scandal!

I don’t want to see articles in newspapers that say:

«An official didn’t pay ransom for his own son».

That’s why I’m asking you to keep everything in secret.

What was the caller’s number when he called you about ransom?

I don’t know.

Listen. Your five minutes are over. I’ve told you everything.

See you. Yes. I’m listening. Yes.

Yuriy Kuzmich, I need to see his phone call history.

Yes Nastya. Push him.

Finish. You’re on the right way.

Wow, he called a lot. Every ten minutes.

It’s normal for a person of his position.

Let’s think about who’s the kidnapper.

Housing bureau doesn’t know their janitor’s number.

It’s easy to find out. Do you see these numbers?

This is main station code which made that call.

Kidnapper kept the kid in the basement. Right?

- Yes. - He probably called from there.

We need to find codes of the closest mobile provider stations.

I have a database like that.

If we find out the number we can trace the kidnapper.

If he’s stupid enough and didn’t turn his phone off.

Anastasia Vladimirovna. I have strange test results here.

What’s strange about it?

I wanted to get the kidnapper’s DNA out of the samples from the basement.

And I compared them to Ilya’s DNA.

To find out that they are different people.

- And? - DNA’s are different. But extremely close.

What do you mean?

It seems that they are related.

So you’re saying that Vasiliy Marchuk was in that basement?

And he probably kidnapped his son and then killed him.

Or that biological father is not Marchuk.

- Who then? - We have a number.

I’m writing it down.

Melentyev Petr Konstantinovich,

do you know what you are being charged with?

I won’t testify against myself. You tell me.

You’re being charged with articles 126 and 105 of Criminal Code of Russian Federation.

Kidnapping and murder.

What are you talking about, boss?

What are you trying to charge me with? I never murdered anyone!

Why are you so worried then?

Tell me everything. I’ll write it down.

Tell me from start to finish. What happened and how it happened?

I called him out of curiosity.

I told him – come, let’s talk.

Well, it’s interesting to see what has grown out of my seed.

He came. With his stuff and a backpack.

And with an old photo that I gave to that skank.

His mom.

«Hello, my father. I will live with you now».

I brought him to the workers room, he calmed down a bit.

He thought that his dad is a millionaire, and I’m really like that.

Started telling me about his stepdad.

That his stepdad loves him and will search him.

So Ilya Marchuk told you that his father loved him?

That little brat lied to me. And I believed him.

How did you believe him?

He spent a night there and changed his mind the next day.

He told me that he will help me. But didn’t want to live in my doghouse.

- He wanted to go back to his stepdad. - Were you against it?

Yes I was against. I hit him on the head.

- With a brick? - With what was under my hand.

With a brick. I tied him up.

I decided to remember the old days. I kidnapped him.

- In nineties I was… - Yes. There was a case.

You did time in nineties. Here.

For kidnapping a businessman.

Don’t be afraid to talk.

I have a full dossier on you anyway.

- Who’s not sinful? - What happened next?

Nothing. I tied that brat. He didn’t like it.

He started kicking. That Marchuk,

God damn him, didn’t want to hear anything about ransom.

He was there for a week and then I just didn’t know what to do.

So I decided to let him go.

And then I decided to have a drink.

To calm the nerves. Ask my mates.

So you can’t charge me with that.

We’ll see.

I’ve examined the sample you gave me.

Melentyev is the real father of the victim.

Just as I thought. Melentyev is the father and he didn’t kill him.

He has an alibi. So that has to be a murder.

He kept his own son in a basement for a week then kicked him out.

And then went drinking with his friends.

Wonderful alibi.

And besides that I can only give the charges in

kidnapping and battery to the court.

It’s a mystery what was going on in Ilya’s mind.

He said that his stepfather loves him very much.

But it doesn’t even smell like love in that family.

We will never know what was happening in his mind dr. Rotkin.

Loners often share their thoughts with diaries.

Where will we find it? Search at Marchuck’s place?

Nobody will give us an order.

But Ilya came to Melentyev’s place with a handbag.

He naively believed that he could live with his real father.

If he had a diary then it’s in the bag.

- Yes, if he had one. - We need to search through his belongings.

I agree.

We’ve found your son’s kidnapper. He’s Ilya’s biological father.

Apple from a tree…

I regretted about it so many times while raising that bastard.

But can’t do much. I promised to my late wife. She was such a…

We’ve found Ilya’s diary. Your son had it since 9 years old.

He’s not my real son.

Can I read something from it?

«I often thought why my stepdad has bullied me,

as long as I remember myself?»

«If he hates me that much, why won’t just give me away to the orphanage?»

Scum!

Ungrateful scum.

I took him under my care.

Instead of being grateful that he can eat my bread.

«But now I understand that he’s just a sadist

and pours it all on me because mom cheated on him.»

«Fine, it will all soon be over.

Tomorrow I’ll see my real dad».

He saw him.

And that ended up badly.

Fine. Whatever.

Do you know what I did to people like you in times

when I wasn’t able to control my fury?

I used to put a chain on their neck,

tied them to my motorbike and hit gas.

- Psycho? - No. I’m a psychotherapist.

It’s an outrage!

Arkadiy! I almost got reprimanded because of you.

It seems that you still can’t fully control your anger.

And you looked like you choke people with chains every day.

Sorry, I lost my temper.

My imagination got wild. I couldn’t help it.

That guy had such a talented kid.

And he damaged his mental state and drove him to suicide.

Yes. I’m not the best father too.

Kirill, compared to Marchuk you…

You’re a perfect father!

Come on. My son barely sees me.

I made it.

Look.

Look.

He jumped that way.

If he made those moves during flight it explains everything.

Incredible. He made such a unique jump and killed himself.

It’s like you shot yourself in the head while being on a pedestal.

So Ilya didn’t need any pedestal.

He could be anyone – a writer, a scientist, a great man.

Somebody needed to show him the right way in life.

Damn that life

Not a drop of light in it. What have I seen in my life?

Only anger and indifference.

If somebody needed me in this world,

I’d try to stay, I’d try to fight.

But my death will bring relief to everyone.

Maybe no one will even notice it.

I have no family. No close ones. Everything is dust.