Andrey Maximov

Your parents often argued, and you would run off to the river, where you would spend time until late at night. No one knew about it because you kept your outings a secret.

A dangerous criminal has appeared in your city: Andrei Maksimov, who was recently released from prison, or rather, escaped. He kidnaps children, gains their trust, and abducts them. Seven children have already disappeared.

So you ran away from home again and found yourself at the river. You were sitting there in a sweatshirt and pants, and a beautiful black swan swam up to you. It started stretching its neck, begging for a treat. You broke off a piece of bread, and the swan, making a grateful sound, swam away.

“How I wish I could swim so freely, without quarrels and scandals,” you said, smiling.

Suddenly someone sat down next to you.

"Miss, do you have a cigarette?" asked a hoarse male voice.

“No, sorry, I don’t smoke,” you breathed out.

But a second later you remembered that you were sitting in your brother’s sweatshirt and took out a whole pack of cigarettes.

“Hey, take this,” you held out the cigarettes.

“Thank you,” the man nodded, taking the pack.

A dialogue started between you.

"Why are you sitting here so late? Did you know there's a maniac in town?" you asked.

"Can a maniac really hurt himself?" Andrey chuckled, blowing out a puff of smoke.