When the uncompromising, non-greedy artist Emelyanov was offered an unimaginable amount of money to sell an early painting depicting his son’s little hand, he категорically refused. But the art agent was so persistent that Ilya started to doubt whether he’d made the right decision. After all, it was time to stop living off his wife’s neck—to earn back the respect of his loved ones! And the fact that the painting was always considered a talisman was just sentimental superstition. Bad omens are nonsense—pink talk. If only Ilya had known what adventure his impresario would drag him into!