A few hours later.
In the evening before going to bed, Aveline went into the room to her beloved father to say good night and tell a terrible dream.
Seeing her worried little face, Kostya asked:
– What happened, daughter?
«Last night I had a terrible dream about an old man,» she replied, «He told me something.
The old man’s face seemed to reappear in front of the girl and she repeated his words:
– It’s time for your dad to pay.
Kostya felt uneasy at that moment, he turned white.
– What to pay for? «What is it?» he asked, confused.
Aveline continued to repeat the words after the old man:
– Dad knows why!
– Go to bed, my daughter, and please don’t be afraid of anything, don’t trust the old man. He’s just your dream and nothing else!
The girl obediently nodded in response and went to her room.
Kostya himself could not sleep for a long time, the words of the curse did not come out of his head, he remembered his friends, are they alive now?
The next day, Kostya called his former classmate Marina and after talking about life moved on to an important topic.
– Do you know how Peter and Alexey are doing there? – he asked.
– I don’t know how Peter is, but Alexey died two years ago, fell out of a tenth-floor window.
Kostya broke into a cold sweat, and his legs immediately became wadded.
– Do you know anything about Peter at all? Well, nothing at all?
