Andrei frowned again. How guilty he was! Was he the only one who realized this? Had Igor really done nothing to deserve blame for all of them?
"We could all have died because of him," he answered, something completely different from what he'd intended. "Imagine if the fate of the operation had been in his hands? What if he'd been standing next to those armored personnel carriers? Or had to watch your back? What would have happened to us then?"
Tolya pressed his lips tightly together and looked away slightly. Andrey had asked a good question, but there was a difference between THAT Igor and this one.
"He's a different person now. It won't happen again," Cherenko stated confidently.
‒ Of course. Because now he is a killer of the unarmed. An executioner. A daredevil. A hero.
Tolik sighed
