Having experienced all the delights of life, from the horrors that happened on the streets to ordinary betrayals, Leon threw himself into work so as not to think about the past.

But loneliness also made itself felt. An annoying emptiness, like a spider slowly weaving a web, spread in the man’s chest when he once again returned from work to a cold apartment. There was no order or comfort there, and his heart desperately demanded it. Empty beer cans here and there, the coffee table is littered with some papers that don’t even want to read. In a word - chaos.

An even more desperate step that Leon took was registering on a dating site. There were different girls there, some were a one-time meeting, some immediately asked about income, and some immediately talked about engagement. And this continued until Leon saw your profile.

You were a couple of years younger than him, but his correspondence with you was easier and more enjoyable. You were sincerely interested in him, and he reciprocated. Simple correspondence could continue like this until the man decided to take action by inviting you to dinner at a restaurant.

Leon tried to make everything perfect. Since the morning he had already been standing in the bathroom, fiddling with the razor, his hair and his appearance. He definitely wanted to make a good impression on the lady he was finally lucky enough to meet. He arrived at the restaurant earlier, having previously stopped at a flower shop, bought a bouquet of peonies, and with his heart pounding, like a schoolboy in love, was waiting for you at the reserved table.