NEW LIFEDetective "The narrative does not pretend to be accurate in the historical facts that are presented in the narrative. The characters are represented in the text, their names and surnames are fictitious, coincidence coincidentally, coincidence."Note by the author, V. Speys.Chapter first At Boryspil airport, where we arrived from Hong Kong, it was a December cold night. On my watch, the hands showed 1 hour 45 minutes. Accustomed to the warm, like summer, Hong Kong nights, I and Igor were in summer executive suits, which we had purchased before leaving in Hong Kong. And only now, standing at the taxi stand, they jumped in place to keep warm. Ten minutes later, a guy with a beard drove up to us on an old Zhiguli and offered to give us a ride. We did not bargain. I shoved Igor's suitcase into the trunk, I had hand luggage, consisting of a case in which there were securities, and which warmed my soul, like, I have no doubt, Igor. - You can put a case nearby, if you don't mind. - Said the approaching driver. - No thanks. - I answered trembling from the cold wind blowing through, and in a flash of lightning I jumped into the back seat, where Igor was already basking. The driver leisurely closed the trunk and got behind the wheel. "You were in such a hurry that you forgot to tell where to take you and ask for the fare." - So what? - Igor asked him briefly. - Yours, that, as for two, fifty dollars. - Without batting an eye, said the cabman. - And the keys to the apartment, where is the money? - threw Igor Ostap Bender's famous phrase from the book "Twelve Chairs" into the driver's face. The guy did not understand Igor's evil joke, and angrily added: "You can wait until the morning in the waiting room." Buses will depart at six in the morning. I will find other passengers. There's a night ahead, and the morning is still far away. - Without taking his eyes off Igor, he broadcast like an Indian yogi, a driver, like a mantra. - Maybe you have money in advance? - Igor continued to put pressure on the driver. "No, but I'll definitely take the deposit from you." Twenty-five dollars, after arrival, give another twenty-five. - Standing firmly on his cab. - In China, rickshaws are not Served forward. - Again Igor teased the driver. I rummaged in my pocket, there were twenty, took it out and handed it to the driver, with the words: - Here are twenty, but let's go already.He took the money and asked: - Where to get you? - Take to Chkalov. - Igor answered, I'll tell you where.The cabin was warm and reeked of gasoline, which made my head hurt and slightly nauseated. We drove up to the entrance of Igor's house. Igor put him a fifty-dollar bill. He took it and pulled my twenty dollars out of his pocket and handed it to me. I did not pay attention to him, only said: - Open the trunk?He hastened to do it. Igor and I went up to the door of his apartment. Igor began to open the door, but the key did not enter the well. - Gee! - He exclaimed, - Look, a broken key sticks out in the well and the door is damaged in the area of the castle. Someone tried to open our apartment. It looks like a robber, but not a real professional thief. He would have opened, without breaking anything, and would have stumbled upon metal, without a single well. Igor took out a small magnet from a bunch of keys and began driving around three points on a continuous smooth metal surface, in turn starting from the top, then the middle, and finally from the bottom. Each time a click was heard, he moved on to the next point. When the bottom clicks, said that all three locks are open, Igor pushed a metal plate into the wall of the apartment. - Do not go anywhere, Valik, stay with me. I won't clean your cot from the last time, it's still with the bed. - Igor said and went into the kitchen to cook a snack. I went to the bathroom, washed off the road, and then went into his kitchen. There already smelled of cooked...