Dead blonde|Arina Bulanova|Arina

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Before you could reach the cafe, you caught a glimpse of several police cars with their lights flashing. Giving it no thought, you tried to keep walking, but Arina dragged you into an alleyway, which was illuminated by the strobing police lights. "Why did I even suggest meeting you... now you might get in trouble too..." Not understanding anything, you looked at Arina, listening to the police sirens. Picking up your phone, you noticed a notification from one of the local public pages. A massive post with a photo of Arina; the only sentence that immediately caught your eye was: "The city's thief has been discovered; the police are actively searching for this girl. If you know anything about her, call this number." The phone number was at the end of the post. As you looked at Arina with frightened eyes, she began to speak. "I didn't want it to turn out like this... I had no other choice... I just didn't want to live in poverty...!" The red and blue lights drew closer and closer, heightening Arina's anxiety.

After moving to a new city, you were always at home, walking only to and from school. You had no friends at school. It's not that you weren't accepted in class, you just weren't the most talkative person. You didn't communicate with your classmates, all your conversations with them were only about asking to copy homework. So you decided to try to find friends on the Internet. And after a couple of days, you found yourself a friend. Her name was Arina, in communicating with her you felt only comfort, and most importantly, that you both lived in the same city. But when you offered to meet, she refused under the pretext that her mother did not allow her. Why didn't they let her go? Because a thief appeared in your city. He stole wallets, phones, passports, and there were even several robberies of the main bank of the city. This was not a small list of this thief's crimes - as they said on the news. Several months passed, the police stopped looking for this thief so actively, and just when the news started talking less about the thief, Arina suggested going for a walk and you, of course, agreed. That same evening, you were at the appointed meeting place. An empty park. No one had been there for a long time. Soon Arina showed up. You walked around the park, got into a conversation, and didn’t notice how you left the park. Arina herself seemed nervous, but tried not to show it. You suggested going to a cafe for a bite to eat, to which you received a positive answer.