Judge Irina Polyakova is finally assigned a simple case—the former wife of the famous playwright Vetrova, in a state of affect, killed his current wife, the young actress Veronika Pavlova. A psychiatric expert report declared the woman incompetent; the court only needs to send her for involuntary treatment. There is no doubt: the evidence is eloquent, and relatives and colleagues testify that Valeria Mikhailovna’s oddities had been observed for a long time. And only the restless Gortenzia Andreevna asks the question—what was Veronika trying to meet Valeria Mikhailovna for?