The main character of the story, obeying a sudden impulse, on the threshold of winter, decides to visit a forest hut that once belonged to his deceased relatives. Here he discovers an unexpected guest, a strange woman, engaged in a search he does not understand. Periodically, the guest disappears to an unknown location, and then reappears and continues her search. In addition, other strange events are happening in the forest... The hero will have to understand why the woman appeared in his destiny, and discover the sad secret of his own life. The story was published in the anthology “Noon” No. 2 in 2017