Katya Ipatova had no idea how a chance meeting in a university corridor with the father of a former classmate, German Varabbas, would turn out for her. This local mafioso tormented her with annoying attentions, although Katya made it clear that she was not going to become his mistress. And it all ended very badly - Barabbas was killed right in front of the girl. After this, Katya’s life went downhill: the mafioso’s wife takes revenge on her, considering her guilty of her husband’s death. At first, Katya was declared a thief, then she was not allowed to enroll in graduate school. Then, in desperation, she decided to become an au pair for a German family and then continue her studies in Germany. Katya’s career ended pitifully: she found herself on the street, at night, in a foreign country, without money, with only one small suitcase. This very suitcase radically changed her fate: from the letters from her mother found behind the lining, Katya learned that she had adoptive parents, and that she had to look for the real ones here, in Germany...