Dima fell in love with Lydia. For life, passionately, sacrificially. Having lived completely alone until he was twenty-seven, he was ripe for just such love... Lydia was about to leave her husband, but the thought of money stopped her. A beautiful life was expensive, but she didn’t want an ugly one... Before the New Year, she and Dima broke up: they thought - for a few days, but it turned out - forever... The festive ball at the city hall was in full swing. The guests were having fun selflessly, only businessman Yuri Rogov was worried - he couldn’t find his wife... She was lying on the floor under the stairs. Lydia's neck was tied with a long shiny scarf, red, matching the dress. The dead woman was beautiful... Like a mannequin in an evening dress, which someone recently hung on a tree near the broken window of a boutique in the very center of the city...