09:08 p.m.
Kold became silent. His eyes dimmed. The Lawyer switched off the recording. The silence was thick, deep and impenetrable. It was clear that Kold regretted his frankness or wanted to pretend so to make an impression on his interlocutor. This thought came to the Lawyer’s mind and seemed to him not entirely baseless.
“Communicating with people like Kold, you always need to remember that they aren’t so simple as they seem at first and even second glance,” he thought, then said aloud:
“All this is very interesting, but maybe you wanted to speak about something else?”
“Do you want some coffee?” asked Kold instead of answering. “Two coffees and a couple of hamburgers? Ok?”
“I won’t refuse. It’s warm here, but kind of…dampish, isn’t?”
“I set the climate control thermostat at ninet
