A short story about a businesswoman: intertwining past and present, about relationships with colleagues and loved ones. Action – present tense, Russia; a commercial enterprise for the trade of foreign real estate, against the backdrop of an unfolding criminal and largely mystical plot: the disappearance of a spouse who left for a check at a nearby branch; the brutal, demonstrative and mysterious murder of a company employee almost in front of a dozen people. An inexperienced girl is forced to take over the leadership of the company, which fell on her in the form of an inheritance. The main idea is to show the comfort zone abandoned by a person against the backdrop of complete uncertainty and limited opportunities characteristic of a degenerating business Russia, the transition to an atmosphere of veiled aggression and unpredictability; describe the attitude of a young woman to business, and established businessmen – to a young business woman. The comparative background is the male mentality in an extreme situation. Noir and realism are stylistically intertwined.