“Yes... I may need to mention that to Konstantin...”
“I don’t need Grandad’s riches,” shouted Bogdan, looming over them. “I made it on my own. Respect that.”
Ezeriņa said flatly: “Maybe, you eliminated Pyotr to help Maksim win. A brotherly favor.”
“We’re not on good terms, Maks and I.” Bogdan shrugged away her accusations, spoke directly to Dudnyk. “Wouldn’t bother me, Ilya, if Maks... well... if you want to bother anyone, bother my brother. I heard voices down near his pen earlier.”
“When?”
“Twenty minutes before we discovered the banya roof open. I was leaving this court to head up to my bedroom. Voices down there. Maybe inside the cell, maybe someone standing outside in the darkness. Not sure. Tunnel lights were off that way.”
banya“You hear the speaker, Bogdan?” asked Dudnyk. “Ma
