This dream had been haunting Dayneka more than once: a woman in a red dress tries to hide from the killer, but he catches up with her anyway… Taking the dream as a warning, she decided to find out which of her relatives and friends owns a red dress—and saw it on her friend Nina.
Entering the stairwell, Dayneka noticed something: in the hallway of the neighboring apartment, where Nina lived, a bright light was on. Dayneka flung open the door and ran into her friend lying at the threshold. A red pool, like wine, was spreading around her…
At some point Nina had told about the treasures she inherited from an ancestor, the owner of gold mines. The leather box was filled with jewels—more than half of it: antique necklaces, bracelets set with emeralds and sapphires, rings, pearls. Now the safe where the box had been kept was empty…