Deciding that her sister’s daughter has overstayed her welcome, and wanting to expand the circle of acquaintances of the twenty-five-year-old recluse, Tamara invites Lisa to the vernissage. Introducing her to her silent lover, she had no idea what would come of it. And Kirill himself could not imagine that a chance acquaintance with the niece of his next girlfriend would not only change his life, but would leave no stone unturned from the principles that so reliably protected his inner world with its secrets and tragedies...