"Our father left literally the day before the epidemic," Andrei suddenly began sharing his memories. "And the very next day, my mother and I went to visit her parents in the village. But it didn't help. When she fell ill and realized she was going to die, she constantly told Igor and me about our father. She asked us to never forget him or her. She said he had gone to fulfill his duty, that he couldn't do otherwise. Later, I often wondered if she held a grudge against him for abandoning us, because my brother and I did. Now I think I probably didn't know him very well." Pavel could count on one hand the times in his life when his feelings and emotions were so strong that he couldn't contain them and had to let them out. This was precisely such a case – his friend's son opened up to him, b
