This short story is the next instalment of a series that opened with 'Life Begins at Forty', also available on smashwords.com. Nikolai Ribakov's neighbour, Oleg Yavlinsky, is trying to adjust to life after military service in Chechnya. He has joined the police force. Married to Lena, a barmaid, he has a young daughter. When his values are challenged one dark night, he begins to question everything he believes in.