In the Costume of the Naked Queen

“The Last Way to the Altar.” Elena, who works as a TV reporter, decided to undergo a course of beauty clinic procedures—but her plans were disrupted by a strange man in sportswear. He showed interest in her purse, but his interest was only in small change. At night, the man tried to get into Elena’s ward, but he accidentally tripped over a fork, and as a result he himself ended up on the hospital bed.

Later, when Elena returned home, a person in black came to her and shot rubber bullets at her friend Irina—only Irina turned out to be immune to that weapon.

“Dressed in the Outfit of a Naked Queen.” Olya, a modest teacher who recently married businessman Gromov, traveled to Sochi with her friend Lussinda for a conference for young educators. But their plans were disrupted: Olya kept feeling like her adopted son was calling her. In response to a phone call from the hotel pool—where she heard Dima’s voice again—Olya hurried there and ran into the police. It turned out that the hotel administrator had been attacked, and the gangsters were waiting for Olya in a closed pool.