The fates of film director Natalya Voronova, investigator Igor Mashchenko, and Siberian journalist Ruslan Nilsky are woven into an intricate pattern. A native Muscovite, Natalya lives in a communal apartment and looks after everyone who needs her help, from an elderly lonely neighbor to a girl orphaned too early. Raised in a prosperous, well-off family, Igor becomes an investigator and by chance comes into contact with the mysterious murder of Ruslan Nilsky’s elder brother. Ruslan, meanwhile, devotes his life to unraveling the mystery of his brother’s death and learning the truth about it. Love, hatred, chance meetings, mutual suspicions, and sincere sympathies bind these people together. And only the truth finally revealed puts everything in its proper place.