Chapter 6
I drove about fifty meters, got out of the car, and then walked on foot. From the description Obukh had given me, I recognized the villa. It was well hidden among the pines – it was a two-story red brick building covered in wild grape vines. The windows at the bottom had bars on them. A path, covered in fine gravel, led to the porch. On both sides there were flowerbeds with the last blooms of autumn. Silver mist dripped between the branches. It was quiet and the cawing of crows echoed from the woods. One window at the bottom was lit up, and there was a gray Wartburg in the courtyard. Evidently, cars entered the courtyard through a separate gate.
I climbed up the steps to the porch with a wrapped box of candy under my arm and rang the bell. A loud bark of a big dog boomed from t
