My Phone Rang

New Year is a family holiday. And he always celebrated it the proper way—with “Irony of Fate,” roast pork, and champagne. But this time everything went wrong. And he, throwing everything aside, rushed off to a tiny German town—all decorated with Christmas wreaths, Christmas trees, and colorful light bulbs. Only all this beauty didn’t please him. Since the moment he arrived, he was waiting for a call from Moscow—and that call had to decide the future fate not only of him, but of his entire family. This painful waiting didn’t let him relax and fully enjoy the beauty of the surrounding scenery, and the exciting anticipation of the coming New Year…