“Ruslan almost went up the wall. He didn’t want to see anybody. Again and again he went out of the city and sat in the car looking at the sky for hours. On Forgiveness Sunday, the day when relatives and friends ask each other for forgiveness in Russia, he phoned Lisa’s mother. “Valentina Ivanovna, forgive me for everything.” “For what, Ruslan?” “For I couldn’t make your daughter happy.”