Summary

Same Day – Leo knows that Ivan’s death will be treated as a murder by the State, committed by a counterrevolutionary. Leo and Raisa depart the building quickly, taking their files – and Ivan’s list of names – with them. Raisa is deeply hurt and embarrassed for having trusted Ivan. Leo brings Raisa along with him to see his parents. They break into their apartment, a hot, smelly, dirty place that is overcrowded with multiple families. Leo gently shakes his parents awake to fill them in on where he lives with Raisa, and that he is working for the militia. All four of them hold hands. They pretend Raisa has had a miscarriage. Leo apologizes to his parents for what has happened to them, but they tell him their love for him was never based on what he could provide, but that he was their...