Then she looked at the door, which was now rattling. The male voice was shouting in Russian: Inessa! Otkroy!
Inside, the apartment was different—new furniture, fresh paint. But the floorboards were the same. Alexei knelt down near where the chair had been in the video. He ran his fingers along the gap. The woman, whose name was Olga, watched in confusion.
"Today, we start at the very beginning," she continued in slow, careful English, with a thick but understandable accent. "You know nothing. That is good. The empty cup can be filled."
"Pomogite mne. Ya spryatala klyuch pod polovitsey."
A tired-looking woman answered. "Da?"
She paused, listening. Another sound from off-camera. This time, a muffled male voice, angry.
She stood up, walked to the window, and pulled the curtain aside just an inch. Her face went pale.
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